My Symbolya map of Istria - a fun way to record your travels
November 4, 2009 by admin
I recently discovered a cool new way of recording my travels on a Symbolya map that links to photos and blog posts of the trip. You use cute little symbols as the link to photos that you already have uploaded on Flickr or Picasa and links to any articles you might have written.
My Symbolya map of Istria from Symbolya.com
I used the map to document my trip to Istria and link to the photos I took and the blog posts I’ve written. It was a bit of an experiment but I think it could be a fun way for people who want to create a record for friends, family or themselves, but don’t like writing lots of words, to document their travels. I’d say it’s an ideal alternative for the Web 2.0 generation to sticking photos in an album or keeping a scrapbook.
View the embedded map on my Symbolya trip page here
Once you’ve created your Symbolya map with the symbols you can share it through Flickr, Twitter and lots of other social media sites. You can also see other people’s trips and photos to get some inspiration.
I did have a few problems when I came to embed the Symbolya map as my Wordpress blog kept stripping out the iframes embed code. I got round it by installing a simple Embed IFrame Wordpress plug-in, then using the special code format they suggest to embed the map which can be viewed in Preview mode but not in Visual mode. Maybe you’ll have the same problem, maybe you won’t, as the developers tell me other people have been able to embed the map without problem.
Here’s a helpful little video that show you want it’s all about and there’s more help on the Symbolya site. Do check out my Trip page on Symbolya, look at the photos and links and tell me what you think?
You can view my Istria trip on my public Symbolya page here
http://symbolya.com/travelers/heathercowper
View the embedded video on the Symbolya site here
Resources
Symbolya website
Symbolya help and videos
My Symbolya trip page
Istria Tourism Website
Istria Gourmet Website
Istria Bike Website
Other blog posts on Istria
My Istria diary - podcast and slide show
Visiting the hill-towns of Groznjan and Motovun in Istria
On the hunt for the Istrian Truffle
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Christine on Thu, 5th Nov 2009 6:37 am
Thanks for the review Heather :).
Barbara at Hole in the Donut Travels on Fri, 6th Nov 2009 4:00 pm
Very cool! I think I may try this out, as I’ve been thinking about adding maps to my blog. Thanks for sharing.
eve on Sat, 14th Nov 2009 8:20 pm
wow, this is cool, didn’t know about it, thanks!
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