Waymarking.com and summer family travel
I found Waymarking.com through Parent Hacks, and I immediately perked up at the thought of finding playgrounds near any travel routes our family might take this summer. (Of course, with gas prices so high, we may be limiting our car travel a bit more.)
According to the Waymarking FAQs:
Waymarking is a way to mark unique locations on the planet and give them a voice. While GPS technology allows us to pinpoint any location on the planet, mark the location, and share it with others, Waymarking is the toolset for categorizing and adding unique information for that location…. A waymark is a physical location on the planet marked by coordinates (latitude/longitude) and contains unique information defined within its waymark category. An outdoor maze waymark category, for example, could contain information like price of admission and days of operation, while a blogger waymark category may contain an option for the type of blog.
The Parent Hack suggests using Waymarking to find public playgrounds along the travel route by following these steps that Mike offered up:
To find playgrounds near an area:
1. Go to Public Playgrounds.
2. Enter a zip code under “Address Search” (upper right) to find some nearby playgrounds
3. When you click on an item, it gives you the GPS coordinates so you can map it in Google Maps, or you can drive directly to it if you have a GPS device!
Voila! Good idea, no?
