A cool new travel tool
- January 28th 2008
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You’ve probably used Google Earth to map things, that or you’ve used a program that uses their software to run their own maping system. In this, Wayfaring.com is not unique. However, this new kid on the block has an interesting take on the traditional ‘create your own maps’ thing, namely that they allow you to add what they call ‘waypoints’ along the way. These waypoints can mark destinations, of course, but also you can say something like “Look up here to see the top of the Lincoln Shrine peaking out above the orange groves” which adds a lot more to your little map. Your maps are usually made public, like the walking tour of Redlands, CA, my home town, that I made (you can make them private if you want). These then are searchable so that you can find maps made of areas that you’re traveling to that will help you find the best of the best of your travel destination.Wayfaring.com is still in beta, which means that sometimes you’ll run into gliches. Be patient with them, I’ve been having trouble getting the initial ‘centering’ search to work but I emailed them and they said it should be fixed soon. I love trying out new sites and finding cool tools that will help me build helpful resources for fellow travel-planners. I expect you’ll find some of my tours popping up around here soon…Check it out, let me know what you think.
I have checked out Wayfaring as well and found it to be a cool site. I have made several maps with ‘waypoints’ and found it pretty easy to do.
Great find!