Find a Place to Play

Sep 23rd, 2008 | By chrisbrogan | Category: Reviews

Playspace Finder Playspace Finder is a resource that mashes on top of Google Maps and gives parents a place to mark down a playground, notate what’s there, provide pictures, ratings, reviews and more. It’s a really great idea (and by great, I mean “simple”).

I did a quick scan of some areas around my house, and there are some play spaces already listed. That makes me feel really happy, because I felt like they already had me included (I wonder how they got all this data entered). But what makes it even better (from the participation perspective) is that it’s all unfinished, and that I have an opportunity to be helpful.

Here’s a quick snap of the options of things we can do there:

playspace finder

Pretty clever information spreading, KaBOOM. (You know these guys have the coolest job in the world, right? They make playspaces for kids.) By the way, shout out to Annie Lynsen from KaBOOM for the kazoos!

What do you think? Would you add a few things to a project like this?

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  • Thank you all for the nice comments on the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder, and thanks to Chris for posting about it!

    To make the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder the best it can be, add your local playspaces to the mix and then let us know what you think of the tool and how it could be improved! What features would you like to see in the future? How would you recommend we get the word out to build up the playspace listings quickly?

    Good, bad, or ugly, please either post a comment here or e-mail me directly at alynsen@kaboom.org and let us know! Thanks!
  • Great idea! As well as play areas I could see some value of also listing program sites. Like father/son programs or father/daughter stuff. I have 7 kids and there are times when I have no idea what to do with my kids...having programs or camps listed would be a great benefit.
  • Assuming that the service can attain critical mass, this should be very useful, especially for traveling or parents who have recently relocated.
    In fact, it strikes me as so useful that it will likely be absorbed into the culture like cell phones, email, or Google Maps itself. That will lead next generation parents (and babysitters) to wonder how we could ever have gotten along without it.
    Crowd-sourced repair requests, playdate scheduling, and community-driven activities are natural extensions, too.
  • Very creative....I can see many benefits from this! Very cool!
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