YahooMap API test drive

I’ve created a test drive application that uses Yahoo Map APIs.
Here’s the link to the application:

http://www.shinstudio.com/lab/yahoo/map/MapNote

The features are as follows:

1. Saves user’s last location and zoom level
2. Adds Note that contains title, memo, and webcam capture image. (By rightclicking and selecting the first context menu)
3. Uses mousewheel to zoom in/out
4. Displays latest 15 entries

Here’s something to improve:

• Timing when to add marker. There is an issue that marker’s position gets screwed up when dragging map before marker gets rendered
• Adding picture upload feature from local machine, so that user can upload an image without having webcam
• Adding User account and group, so that only users in a group shares MapNote. (This could lead to community type of application)

The YahooMap is built using AS2, which is still quite slow to perform. I hope YahooMap team make AS3 version YahooMap soon, which I believe it will outperforms current yahooMap.