Cathy, Carry on like this and we'll have everbody converted to complete addresses in the Location field :-)
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 Mapping/Virtual Earth > Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:47:37 -0500 > > Thanks from me, too, Cathy! This seems to work really well so far (tested > on maybe 15-20) with my VE mapping and puts things in a very readable order > in the master locations list, too. > > Penny > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathy" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:34 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] V7 Mapping/Virtual Earth > > >> You can actually do that search and replace in Legacy but you may >> want to do a little more testing a VE seems to give varied results. >> >> Cathy >> >> At 10:11 PM 1/06/2008, you wrote: >>>Hi Cathy, >>> >>>Just replace the open paren with a dash and space, and get rid of >>>the close paren. Two update queries in Access ought to do it. Thanks, >>>Cathy! >>> >>>Margaret >>> >>>Cathy wrote: >>>>Hi Margaret, >>>> >>>>This format will take you right there so you can look at the houses: >>>>226 Mather Rd, Jenkintown, Montgomery, PA, USA >>>>Just one advantage of just entering a location from smallest unit >>>>to largest ;-) >>>> >>>>Your format just lands you in Jenkintown. >>>> >>>>But this one takes you right there as well if you want to preserve >>>>the four fields >>>>Jenkintown - 226 Mather Rd., Montgomery, PA, USA >>>> >>>>I'm not sure what parsing Legacy is doing. I know Ken was playing >>>>with variations for the USA. >>>> >>>>Cathy >>>> >>>>At 10:28 AM 1/06/2008, you wrote: >>>>>I can't get V7 yet, so I can't try this out myself. Perhaps >>>>>someone with V7 could answer this question for me. >>>>> >>>>>I've created a "Residence Address" custom event and use it when I >>>>>know an individual's street address. Since street address has >>>>>been included in all US census's since the 1880, that's quite a >>>>>few. I put the street address in parens after the city in order to >>>>>comply with the Legacy-recommended location format (city, county, >>>>>state, country location); i.e., "Jenkintown (226 Mather Rd.), >>>>>Montgomery, PA, USA" (without the quotes). >>>>> >>>>>If I enter "Jenkintown (226 Mather Rd.), Montgomery, PA, USA" into >>>>>Google Maps, Google finds it (and brings up Street View, allowing >>>>>me to "stand" in the middle of the street and look at the house - >>>>>very cool!). But if I bring up stand-alone Virtual Earth and >>>>>enter "Jenkintown (226 Mather Rd.), Montgomery, PA, USA", Virtual >>>>>Earth can't find the address. >>>>> >>>>>Does V7 do any parsing of the location field to feed the address >>>>>data to Virtual Earth in a format that it understands? >>>>> >>>>>Thanks, >>>>>Margaret _________________________________________________________________ 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
