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Yahoo! Updates their AJAX Maps API to v3.4
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The Map Room tells us Yahoo! AJAX Maps Version 3.4 is here. From Yahoo!: "The latest version of the Yahoo! AJAX Maps API includes performance improvements, numerous new features, bug fixes and a smaller footprint.
• Polyline support allows you to draw lines on a Yahoo! Map.
• Polylines with GeoRSS can be drawn on the map using the coordinates of your choice.
• Local Search is now built-in to the API so that results from local.yahoo.com can be plotted on your map.
• Traffic overlay information is built-in allowing you to display traffic information from maps.yahoo.com on your map.
• GeoRSS export functionality let’s you export your map application into the portable GeoRSS standard.
• An additional 20+ methods, like auto-fitting zoom level when specifying radius."
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