OpenScales is a Open Source (LGPL) mapping framework based on ActionScript 3 and Flex. It has been designed for building Rich Internet Mapping Applications easily.

Our last release is OpenScales 1.1, it has been released on 12/10/2009:

• Download OpenScales 1.1 or previous versions
• User Guide
• Demo
• Discussion group
• OpenScales LGPL licence
• Roadmap

Functionalities

• Support different kinds of layers
  • OGC protocols : WMS/WMS-C 1.1.1, WFS 1.0, GetCapabilities support
  • Reprojection support
  • OpenStreetMap
  • IGN (French Geoportal) layers thanks to GeoRM support
  • KML (placemarks only)
  • Simple image
• Reprojection
• Optimized pure ActionScript 3 core (100 Kbytes)
• Flex support built on top of the AS3 core
• Drawing
• Fast vector rendering
• Powerful Style API
• Popup support
• Tweening effect for pan, zoom and tiles
• XML runtime configuration to get dynamic maps from a single SWF * Powerful controls and handlers to help you to build your app !

Platforms

OpenScales have been designed to run on all kind of devices :

• Mobile (ActionScript 3) : tested on a Flash 10.1 player unreleased version running on Palm Pre. First OpenScales ready devices are expected for 2010 Q1.
• Web (Flex) : OpenScales 1.1 run on Flash 9 and Flash 10 players, targeting 98% of current web browsers under Windows, Mac and Linux
• Desktop (AIR) : desktop mapping application based on OpenScales and AIR could be useful to manage offline mode, open local files like shapefiles, etc.

Feel free to join OpenScales community, submit issues, patches, discuss with us ...