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Yahoo! Pirate Map using Flash

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Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 9, 2005

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  • esteban, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looks like you need to have Flash Player 8 installed otherwise it looks totally different, in fact, it looks very poor in player 7, hence the comment: "I can't digg this. Where is the zoom out control? Piss-poor UI."
  • Swift2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't know if this is anything but a demo -- but think of putting a searchable map on your website. I presume, if parchment is possible, then lots of other looks are. The spyglass sucks as an interface. But Yahoo has some technology going here that Google doesn't have, and they'll have to do some thinking. Google's actual maps are a lot better, but the imaging tech of Yahoo is bery, bery good.
  • erissiva, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pretty cool... +digg
    Doesn't matter if its pointless - it takes an existing technology and makes it look cooler.
  • TomGu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Looks great in ie, but not so effective in Opera or firefox.
  • the-rip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0kinda pointless
  • BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Another site dead by the Digg effect?

    Or does my internet connection just suck?
  • dolby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Should we use the word pirate, I mean they did just hijack my cruise ship, ohh well i guess i will fire some sonic torpedoes.
  • kwilliam71, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Are! Me likes it maties.
  • dude3609, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Can google maps be skinned like this? If not, I think we have a winner."
    It is possible to do with flash.
    Ever hear of flashearth.com ?

    Anyways, I dont see any real point in this, but it does look real good nonetheless.. Good enough for a digg.
  • tj9991, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pretty cool, might give some businesses another way to flare getting directions to their office/etc
  • Singee15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is great, I love the zoom on it.

    Can google maps be skinned like this? If not, I think we have a winner.
  • sorriso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not all that useful, but impressive nonetheless. I Digg.
  • salmonmoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0and with google you get maps outside the US
  • faux323, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yes, works fine in firefox. no, the site isn't suffering digg effect. and yes, you can do this in google.
  • ptbarnett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Worked with Firefox for me. But, the spyglass effect is reversed. Extending the tube increases the focal length, which increases apparent magnification.
  • stynesteen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"you can do this in google." - faux323

    uhmm, no actually you can't.
  • flavrsaver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love Flash 8!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Doesn't work in FF for me.
  • Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Yarrgh! I've found me house where me booty is buried. "X" marks the spot."
    Very cool +digg!
  • juboodi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does this work in firefox?
  • thegreenarrow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0shouldn't the map be zoomed in when the telescope is longer and zoomed out when the telescope is shorter?
  • magister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yahoo maps plus a jpeg that makes it look like a pirate map around it? 10 minutes of web design? No digg for you.
  • camintmier, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Argh! That be better lookin' than a box full'a booty.
  • hendoz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Other than looking neat,it seems useless.
  • itsmrdumass, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You need Flash 8 for it to render correct. Else it looks like a plain map.
  • matx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Arrr, im a pirate.
  • navinjohnson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very cool, unfortunately only in IE do you get the full effect (zoom, properly rendered map).
  • Panoctopi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Boring
  • mikeazorin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0As much as I'd like to say this is cool, it's not.
  • dawgama, on 03/06/2009, -0/+0Pretty cool.....
  • kymehra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg? y'argh! looks cool.
  • orb_nsc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0^^^^ I'm getting the full effect in Opera. I digg it!
  • navinjohnson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm a flippin' idiot. It just needs Flash 8 to work properly (as already mentioned above).
  • f1gm3nt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Take a turd and put a left butt check on the left side of it and take a right butt check and put it on the right side. It's the same thing as this map!
  • bobbyj1049, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the map is wrong bethel park is in the wrong place
  • vperez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah this seem to work for me either. There's no spyglass to drag around just a map of the gulf coast on some scroll looking thing...
  • unclejesse0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Would be a lot cooler if the actual map was made to look different.
  • Mongoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yar.
  • bluefire0728, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"The project's point is to explore the flexibility of Yahoo! maps and how they can be integrated into the design of a site/application."
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1um its the telescope idoit
  • DocHolliday, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Why is this on the front page, this is pointless....
    Pirates are very cool, but this map is not.....
    No digg....
  • n3tfury, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"I can't digg this. Where is the zoom out control? Piss-poor UI."

    and YES works in FF.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Re: juboodi

    Use a good browser like IE or Safari and you won't have any problems

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