leave Wayfaring for what?
August 26, 2007 10:00 PM Subscribe
Help me find a Google Maps mashup to replace Wayfaring (for personal use).
I set up a Wayfaring account about a year ago and started entering in all the places I'd been in the world.
Today I realized that one of my places had been marked (by me) in the wrong place on the map. But when I tried to move it I couldn't figure out how. Then I couldn't find any help docs whatsoever in Wayfaring. Then some Googling led me to find out that Wayfaring seems to have been somewhat abandoned, both by the developers and the public.
I have no clue what's out there to do this now. I've heard of Platial and Google's own My Maps, and I have no idea what the differences are. Can you provide some guidance on the pros and cons of these? I just want to mark the places I've been, and perhaps create a timeline showing WHEN I've been there, where I've lived and how long, etc.
Most importantly, I want the joint to still be around in 2 years ...
FYI, I'm a little leery of any Google service that requires that I get a GMail account.
I set up a Wayfaring account about a year ago and started entering in all the places I'd been in the world.
Today I realized that one of my places had been marked (by me) in the wrong place on the map. But when I tried to move it I couldn't figure out how. Then I couldn't find any help docs whatsoever in Wayfaring. Then some Googling led me to find out that Wayfaring seems to have been somewhat abandoned, both by the developers and the public.
I have no clue what's out there to do this now. I've heard of Platial and Google's own My Maps, and I have no idea what the differences are. Can you provide some guidance on the pros and cons of these? I just want to mark the places I've been, and perhaps create a timeline showing WHEN I've been there, where I've lived and how long, etc.
Most importantly, I want the joint to still be around in 2 years ...
FYI, I'm a little leery of any Google service that requires that I get a GMail account.
I have my Google maps set to "Unlisted". No one has touched them.
posted by mikeinclifton at 6:00 AM on August 27, 2007
posted by mikeinclifton at 6:00 AM on August 27, 2007
Best answer: Mapbuilder seems to be well-run and well-supported, though the English in the help files takes a little decoding sometimes (I think the site owner is eastern European?).
There have been a handful of other questions on this in the last few months - search on the maps tag and you'll find a bunch of other links.
posted by desjardins at 6:49 AM on August 27, 2007
There have been a handful of other questions on this in the last few months - search on the maps tag and you'll find a bunch of other links.
posted by desjardins at 6:49 AM on August 27, 2007
Response by poster: Thanks desjardins, I'll do that.
posted by intermod at 6:19 PM on August 27, 2007
posted by intermod at 6:19 PM on August 27, 2007
Best answer: I'm the Community Lady at Platial and long-time mefite. Thanks for the kudos luriete. I'm the good customer service fairy.
I don't think that there is a way to export the places really easily from Wayfaring. You could do a bulk upload of them using a csv file which you can make from an excel spreadsheet.
My email is tracy@platial.com, if you need any help.
posted by tracy_the_astonishing at 9:04 AM on August 28, 2007
I don't think that there is a way to export the places really easily from Wayfaring. You could do a bulk upload of them using a csv file which you can make from an excel spreadsheet.
My email is tracy@platial.com, if you need any help.
posted by tracy_the_astonishing at 9:04 AM on August 28, 2007
Response by poster: FYI, I've started transitioning to Platial and it's been working fine. It doesn't work with IE 6 very well, nor Mozilla 1.7.3 at all, but I guess that's the price I pay for resisting the upgrade treadmill :)
posted by intermod at 10:59 AM on November 15, 2007
posted by intermod at 10:59 AM on November 15, 2007
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posted by intermod at 4:16 AM on August 27, 2007