Flash over AJAX

http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/#trf=0

まずは、これを触ってみてください。すごいです。これは、はっきり言って、Google Mapsよりも出来が良いと思います。

http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/02/new-yahoo-maps-shows-power-of-flash/

There is excellent integration wth Yahoo Local businesses. Once a map is pulled up, a quick search, such as “pizza” pulls up all local restaurants. A click shows more information, and options to add it to the driving directions itinerary.

And this is cool - they allow multipoint directions, something Google and Microsoft don’t have.. add as many stops as you need, in the order you want, and Yahoo Maps will calculate driving directions for the whole trip. This could be really useful when house hunting, for instance. Simply add all of the addresses and get an itinerary.

And as you edit the map by moving, adding things, etc., the URL in the browser bar self updates so that it can be copied and pasted at any time. This is something that really bugs me about Google Maps - the need to click a link to get a permanent URL. Yahoo’s solved that with some cool javascript coding.

Because Yahoo Maps is built on Flash, the “back button” on the browser still works (a problem with AJAX applications). At any time you can back up into older maps and the URL also rewinds.

Yahoo Maps requires the installation of Flash 7 or greater. 90% of U.S. and European computers already have it installed.

納得。
やはり単なるAJAXよりFlash over AJAXの方が多機能に決まっている。
というわけで、日本版が待ち遠しい。Yahooならではのきめ細かいサービスだと思う。