Google Wave maps gadget lets participants of a wave to collaboratively edit map using markers & other tools. Participants can add tittle & description to their markers. Edits by a user will be visible to other participants once user clicks save. This gadget is very different from Trippy. This gadget is multi purpose which you can play around to share your place, route etc with friends. But, Trippy is more concentrated on planning a trip, creating an itinerary ..etc.

Though options to access Google My Maps & save created map to Google My Maps should have been awesome.

Gadget XML URL: http://google-wave-resources.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/samples/extensions/gadgets/mappy/mappy.xml

Planning a trip with friends & family was never been so easy & interactive. Trippy is a Google Wave gadget developed by Lonely Planet, travel information & travel guide portal which makes it easy & fun! Add trippy gadget to your wave & start by searching for the location you wish to go. Trippy loads map of that location & loads recommendations from Lonely Planet. Recommendations are very well categorized which helps you find places in a particular category. User will also be able to read reviews of a particular place inline inside the map. Now the simple drag & drop begins! All the users in the wave can simply drag & drop places which they want to include in the trip. Trippy has clean interface to schedule places into different days, add a comment, edit information of a place etc, which are really handy. User activities are logged in “Recent Activity”, so you can always look back who did what. Once the itinerary is complete, user can email, print or export it to Google My Maps.

Gadget URL: http://trippywave.appspot.com/static/travel-gadget.xml