February 2008

Just a quick update - the shared yahoo maps example (co-navigate a map, leave a marker, real-time whiteboarding over the map) has done pretty well, except for a user-limit issue that we spotted on wednesday. It's fixed now, so more than 3 people should be allowed in at a time. :) The results from the last posting were pretty cool, with markers from pretty much everywhere (except South America and Africa, where are you guys?)

Unfortunately, I had to clear all the old markers in the room :(. So get back in there, especially if you couldn't get in last time, and make your mark on the world!

I admit it, I'm a sucker for maps. I'm the kind of person who can stare at a map forever. So, when I spotted Ted's post on the new Yahoo Maps AS3 component release, I kinda freaked out a little. Then, I got to work. About 10 hours later, we have real-time shared maps, with co-navigation, shared cursors, and annotation overlays supplied by the mighty Cocomo components.

Try The App Here

There are a couple of issues left to fix, and a thousand ideas on how I could make this cooler, but my demo-coding-time runneth short right now. Also, note I'm only allowed 50000 tile-hits a day, so if tons of people show, it might die an unseemly death.

Let me know what you think :) I've got some more demos in the oven, stay tuned!