combat sheep: Thanks for the great reply, you've reached the same conclusions as I have. Also since reading this we actually had a Flex guy who came by at work and demoed some stuff he'd done for some major companies and it looks pretty unbeatable for large-scale RIAs, especially with rich interfaces (then of course there's also the debate about less is more and the usability of Flex apps but that's not a Flex issue, that's just bad practice). Still, I think maybe for this app which is not very large-scale and with the project time-frame I'm going for Ajax and Google Maps.
Also about building a new Google Maps as many have made fun of, I was very vague in my explanation so I guess I deserve all those jokes. What I meant was that instead of using the existing Google Maps version of my geographical area I want to, using Google Maps API, built my own map from scratch with my own buildings and roads. Is that a better explanation perhaps and is that possible?
Maybe the last question is quite elementary but if so, then post some links to tutorials or other doc explaining how to accomplish that and then I'll shut up!
