Kimberly, I have now tried it using (a) Using The Times World Atlas to get the Lat and Long for Preston, Lancashire, England. It was close but not exact (the pins are easy to move, however). So it was OK if one wanted to see where a town is but not close enough if you were looking for a specific area.
(b) I then looked for an Island called Anda in Indonesia. This is not in the index so I had to again get the Lat and Long but this time it did not give it in the book's index so I had to estimate from its Map grid. Having put the information in, it did a pretty good job of finding the place. Admittedly it was a good bit out in miles but close enough for me to see where it should be, and to put it in about the right place in the sea! I must emphasise that the Lat and Long I got from the map were only estimates so I was reasonably happy with the outcome. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V7 Legacy - mapping outside USA? > Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 15:41:22 +0100 > > > I can only refer to the UK at present and I have not tried entering Latitude > and Longitudes at present as they ar something I don't use, but I see no > reason why they should cause a problem - I'll have look and let you know. > Using auto-find it works very well indeed (again in the UK) > > Similarly I will look up some very obscure island (I don't think I have any > in my DB) and will let you know of any problems. > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office > http://www.fergys.co.uk > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > >> Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:12:02 -0400 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Subject: [LegacyUG] V7 Legacy - mapping outside USA? >> >> All the talk about V7 mapping has me wondering. How well will it work >> for non-USA locations? How *does* it work? Will it use the coordinates >> I have entered? How will it handle coordinates that seem to map to the >> middle of the ocean? (Land masses that show up on satellite maps but >> are missing from other maps.) >> >> I ask because I've been disappointed before with mapping features of >> other software. If they do anything at all, they tend to move my >> locations at the next recognisable higher level location which is not >> helpful. >> >> Thanks. >> > > _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000007ukm/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
