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A comment on the question "No custom fun with CloudMade API key?" in Modest Maps:

I was able to figure it out, but I gave your peeps at the help desk a head's up just in case other boneheads like myself encounter the same problem. Thanks for following up! I really dig your service! – adam, on March 26, 2009 18:38

adam replied on March 25, 2009 02:20 to the question "No custom fun with CloudMade API key?" in Modest Maps:

Hmmm. Yeah. I basically just copied the key from my account and pasted it into the code. THEN! I copied it into a plain txt file, then copied it into my code... and... now it works!

File this under: "D'oh!" or "Dumbass"

adam asked a question in Modest Maps on March 25, 2009 01:59:

No custom fun with CloudMade API key?

I am currently trying to build out my map using CloudMade as my map provider, their tiles are so dreamy. However, when I insert my API key issued from CloudMade I only get standard CloudMade tiles without my XML parsed markers and applied color matrix. It works when I use the stock standard API key with the HelloBubbles example, but not with my own.

I've tried:
testing locally (this gets me X tiles and markers);
testing on my server (this gets me standard CM tiles, but no markers).

Also, I scoured the docs over at CloudMade to no avail. Any hints? I don't want to jack the fine folks at MM's API key!

adam marked one of RandomEtc's replies in Modest Maps as useful. RandomEtc replied to the question "Changing default map redux".

A comment on the question "Changing default map redux" in Modest Maps:

This did the trick. It didn't work with my custom tiles, but I think that's a sync issue, those things are wonky. I do get the following warning...
"1008: return value for function 'applyProvider' has no type declaration."
But it still compiles and works perfectly. – adam, on February 12, 2009 16:07

adam replied on February 12, 2009 15:30 to the question "Changing default map redux" in Modest Maps:

wowza! you're a super star. I'm going to work through this and let you know if I have any questions, but I should be an AS3 master by the time I've completely read these replies. ;)

THANKS a million!!!

adam asked a question in Modest Maps on February 12, 2009 04:11:

Changing default map redux

Using AS3 I'm trying to create a button (admittedly I'm borrowing a lot from Nathan's (Flowing Data) Walmart code) that enables me to switch map providers.
The function to create a button...

public function makeButton(clip:Sprite, name:String, labelText:String, action:Function):Sprite


How I've tried to instantiate it...

makeButton(viewButton, 'beltline', 'beltline', map.setMapProvider(new BeltlineMapProvider));

and with a variable in the action's place...

makeButton(viewButton, 'beltline', 'beltline', BLmap);


I've tried several other syntactical things and i've got nothin'. The only thing I haven't tried is creating an alternate makeButton function that passes a Class as action, but that might just be pure hackery.

Any thoughts?

A comment on the question "How to change the default mapprovider?" in Modest Maps:

I'm having a bit of difficulty with setMapProvider. I'm trying to assign it as an action to a button, but it doesn't seem to fit. Is this just my lack of actionscript syntax showing? – adam, on February 12, 2009 02:00

adam started following the idea "How to layer two maps with different providers (for blending, alpha transparency, etc)" in Modest Maps.

A comment on the discussion "Tell Us About Your Experience With Modest Maps" in Modest Maps:

I d/l-ed it just fine, but wanted to let mac users know I started using scplugin and, after a few restarts and some wonkiness, it works really well, pretty much just like Tortoise SVN on PCs. Awesome. – adam, on February 05, 2009 15:36

A comment on the discussion "Tell Us About Your Experience With Modest Maps" in Modest Maps:

oy vey. this is turning out to be a little funky. I don't have a copy of MM with the polylines classes and when I try to import the library from the walmart code things get crazy. is there any way to get the latest MM library without subversion? or is there an easy way to set up subversion on macs? or is there something I'm missing completely about "new actionscript projects" in Flex Builder? Sorry to be a pest ;) – adam, on February 04, 2009 20:49

A comment on the discussion "Tell Us About Your Experience With Modest Maps" in Modest Maps:

Ok. This is just an instance of my n00b-dom. I've been using Flex Builder but to make an actionscript project. I abandoned the MXML after I started playing with Nathan's code.

Thanks for the link. I'll definitely check that out! – adam, on February 04, 2009 20:16

adam replied on February 04, 2009 19:50 to the discussion "Tell Us About Your Experience With Modest Maps" in Modest Maps:

I just started working with Modest Maps and I think I'm going to use it within my masters project. I was inspired by the ease of getting started and looking at Flowing Data's Walmart Visualization code.

I want to make a strip mall only map of Atlanta, no roads, no landmarks, just strip malls/shopping centers. It would be a pretty significant center piece in a larger project devoted to these ubiquitous nodes of capitalism.

Having said that, I will be working in Flex (as a n00b) and I can't really get subversion going on my mac. This might not be the proper thread to solicit help, but if anyone has any Flex/MM pointers (especially in relation to drawing clickable polygons with parsed XML data) I would be very grateful!

Thanks for the great code!!!