http://dev.aol.com/blog/johnfronck/mapquest-mac-osx-dashboard-widget Comments for "Map It! - Building a MapQuest Mac OS X Dashboard Widget - Part 1" en http://dev.aol.com/blog/johnfronck/mapquest-mac-osx-dashboard-widget <blockquote><i>A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other. - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl">Thor Heyerdahl</a></i></blockquote> <p>The MapQuest Platform has become the preferred way for developers to integrate rich cartography into their applications. Using the MapQuest Platform, developers can provide street and satellite views. In addition points of interest, navigation, geocoding (converting an address to map coordinates), and routing are all supported. In this series of blogs - I will show developers how to build a Mac OS X Dashboard widget that will eventually provide mapping, point-to-point directions, and integration with the built-in Address book application - all powered by the MapQuest Platform.</p><p><a href="http://dev.aol.com/blog/johnfronck/mapquest-mac-osx-dashboard-widget">read more</a></p> http://dev.aol.com/blog/johnfronck/mapquest-mac-osx-dashboard-widget#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 johnfronck 1094 at http://dev.aol.com