Web 2.0 Award Winner?

As has been commented by many other OSNGUPL Library2.0 bloggers, it was encouraging to see so many of the sites we've discovered listed among the Web 2.0 award winners. I decided to investigate a new mapping site as I really like Mapquest and Google Maps and thought I would check out Wayfarer as it was the second place winner (after Google Maps) in the mapping category.

I could see it would be useful to be able to create and save your own maps. You can add your own personal points of interest with notes and, depending on your settings, you can share maps that you have created with other Wayfarer users. For example if you are planning a wedding and need to show the church, the site for pictures, the reception and the post-wedding brunch you could do it with Wayfarer. You could also add a note indicating where the happy couple got engaged or shared their first kiss. OK, maybe going a little overboard here but you get the idea.

Well, they have a long way to go if they want to get to first place.

The first time I tried was 2 weeks ago and I found the site to be very awkward. It was not intuitive and did not offer much in the way of help. So I let it simmer for a bit.

I tried again yesterday and wasn't any more impressed. I forced myself to keep at it and finally found a way to get a couple of things to work but it shouldn't be that hard. If you are persistent and willing to work at it then go for it. Otherwise you may want to avoid this site.