Ok, I don't want any trade secrets or enything just a general idea, but how do google do that google map thang (http://maps.google.com/), is it flash or javascript or something else - ... 
google maps
I don't think there is any flash involved. They are only using very clever Javascript, CSS and a huge database on the server side.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
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Like other Google web applications, a large amount of JavaScript was used to create Google Maps. As the user drags the map, the grid squares are downloaded from the server and displayed to the user. When a user searches for a business, the location is pin-pointed with a red pin, which is actually a transparent PNG placed over the map. The technique of providing greater user-interactivity by performing asynchronous network requests with Javascript and XML has recently become known as Ajax. Specifically, Google Maps was built using the AjaXSLT framework. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_maps#Implementation
Google Maps was (is) the posterboy for Ajax
well, for product of google, most of them using ajax. like gmail also google map.
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