Something New in the Neighborhood (again)
| Thursday, March 6th, 2008 | --jr |
Well, as a few folks have noted, there's a new version of Y!Maps out, and it's pretty.
For those that are curious, it's using a bunch of the new data sets we have for locales to determine the various neighborhoods. (Yeah, they're a bit fuzzy so it's not like you should panic if you spot an Asian Market west of Powell St.), and yes the map tile images are smaller so they load much faster.
Oh yeah, about that.
If you're a programmer and have a plugin map, you REALLY REALLY want to upgrade to the new version (3.8 for AJAX, or the new Action Script 3 Flash API). The smaller tiles mean that older versions aren't going to look quite right in about a month when things switch. (Honestly, you really want to do that anyway since the API is smaller and faster too.)