Web AppsPHOTOMAPPING6 MAXIMUMPC OCTOBER 2007
Backpack
Simple organization for chaotic minds
Zooomr
Three O’s, unlimited uploads
Wayfaring
On the road of life, it’s best
not to go it aloneORGANIZATIONIf all you want is directions to the near-
est diner or coffee joint, MapQuest and
Google Maps have you covered. But if
you really want to explore your world,
Wayfaring’s social mapping is a bet-
ter way to go. The service is based on
Google Maps but enhances the basic
direction-fi nding service with a social net-
working interface that lets you create cus-
tom maps and share them with friends.
Visiting a new town? Before you shell out
for a guidebook, log on to Wayfaring and
check out customized maps created by
people who’ve actually been there. From
dining options to museums to obscure
attractions, you can pinpoint just about
anything on Wayfaring.Free, http://www.wayfaring.comWhether you’re fed up with daily upload and bandwidth limits or you’re
just tired of letting Yahoo control your online life, Zooomr’s online photo-
sharing features are bound to be greeted as liberators. The site’s big-
gest draw is its Infi nite Upload interface, which lets you select every last
bandwidth-hogging image on your hard drive and toss it onto Zooomr in
one massive batch. You also get the usual array of captioning, organizing,
geotagging, and sharing tools. At press time, Zooomr had just launched a
paid Pro service, which adds video support and eliminates ads.Free for basic account/$20 per year for pro account,
http://www.zooomr.comAnyone with a
Google account
can track their
calendars and
to-do lists, but
what if your
needs are a
little more
unconventional?
Backpack’s
simple, custom-
izable pages
make it easy to organize your thoughts, no
matter what you’re working on. Create lists
and reminders; add notes, links, and versatile
write boards; and share your pages with col-
laborators—or make them public. You can
then link to them from other pages or email
new entries to your pages from any device.
The free service limits you to fi ve custom
pages, but the premium service enables up to
1,000 pages, a calendar, 500MB of fi le stor-
age, and SSL encryption.Free for basic accounts/$5–$14 per month for
premium accounts, http://www.backpackit.com