AnyChart Flash Map Component

This is a flash based component that lets you create interactive maps for display of location based data.

Anychart is a Flash based-solution and it lets you display any sort of data dealing with geographical locations. Thus if you were to show off your dealer network or support centres or whatever else, map based displays are an effective means of presenting the information. Driven by XML interface, Anychart allows you options like setting transparency, color, URL linking, captions and more. And you can do all these customizations via an XML File. You do not need to tweak Flash source modifications. It contains United States Maps with Counties, World Map, etc. If you needed something to increase the attractiveness of your website (the so called “stickiness”), this is one nice way of doing that. AnyChart allows you to create nice, compact and interactive maps.

Some more interesting things you could do with this component include draw custom markers, bubbles, lines and connectors on the maps. Use all the maps in delivered in the box without additional license fees for redistribution. You could use shape files (SHP, a standard by ESRI) for creating a specific custom file and convert for use with this software. Maps could be displayed in one of ten standard projections. Points can be highlighted by placing them in geographical coordinates. Color of regions could be chosen automatically depending on the data stored in the database used for the map. Legends, tooltips, custom actions etc. gives you additional choices to enliven things. You have most of the things you need in this component to create an interesting interactive map.

Anychart is a flexible Flash based-solution, which allows you to easily display any sort of data dealing with geographical locations. It contains United States Maps with Counties, World Map, etc. XML data file and a set of customizable options make AnyChart Maps a universal solution for web developers.
AnyChart allows you to create superb, compact, interactive maps.
Major Features:
* Driven by XML interface - Anychart offers you a variety of options, such as setting transparency, color, URL linking, captions and more. And you can do all these customizations via an XML File, no Flash source modifications required.
* No installation - your server need not render any image, there is no need for any Active-X on the server, all graphing happens on the client side. A Flash Player is installed on more than 97% of Internet-connected PC's.

* Extremely Easy-to-Use - you can create an XML file manually.
* Compatible with virtually all scripting languages (ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, etc.) - Use any language you like to create XML Source and pass it to a Flash object, or simply use an XML file from your server.
* Easily add your own background image - your map will look like you want! It can also use an image as a link.