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ESRI to Demonstrate 2 Flex 2 Mapping APIs at Adobe MAX 2007

posted by dandye on Sunday September 16, @11:30AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the is-this-enough-flexibility? dept.
From an ESRI Press Release at GISuser.com: "ESRI will demonstrate the latest in Flex-based mapping technology at Adobe MAX 2007, which takes place between September 30 and October 3 in Chicago, Illinois...demonstrate going beyond simple maps and directions by building Web 2.0-style applications that help increase efficiency, reduce costs, and close sales...ESRI hosts two APIs that are based on Adobe Flex 2: the ArcWeb Services Flex API beta and the ArcWeb Services JavaScript API. The ArcWeb Services Flex API provides full control over all the mapping functionality and layers of geographic content via Macromedia XML (MXML) and ActionScript. The API is now available for evaluation as a public beta."

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