Google finally released a Maps API for Flash/AS3 and I must say it looks great. My opinion is that Google, one of the leading edge technology organization in the world, should have released this earlier, but they have released it the Apple way. A bit slow, but stunning! It’s good to see that they finally answered to Yahoo’s Maps API witch have been out there for a while now. Maybe you can create an application that combines the two in one application? Don’t bother, because it’s already there. ModestMaps is the name, and three map providers are already combined. Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Microsoft Live Maps but you also gets tile based maps from OpenStreetMap and NASA Blue Marble

As always, they want feedback and on their flash maps API blog but if you don’t have feedback you can go there to find solutions on problems.

A while back I stumbled upon that yahoo had released an API for flash developers. This is a huge step in the right direction. The Yahoo Maps API is filled with functionality and is not only for flash, but also for Flex. You can also find Javascript API if that suites you better.

You should check out the components that they have created, cause they can come in great use. Sign up for a free API key and start creating you custom map application.