DSL I understand the V for the L column.
Thank you Tessa for the tip. It seems to be speeding up the process. Just have remember to turn it back on later. I also discovered that one can combine more than one location at a time by using the Shift or Control key. Thanks to all Bernie On 09/09/2013 12:40 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: > Are you on dial-up or broadband connection? > > I don't know what you mean "to put the 'V' in,Â" > > Are you referring to the "V" for verification in the "L" column for > latitude and longitude? That's done when you geo-code the locations. > > You don't need maps showing if you're combining duplicates. > > File > File Maintenance > Check/Repair doesn't combine anything. > > Under the Options button on the Master Location List you can combine > duplicates, but they must be *exact* duplicates for Legacy to combine > them. > > The only time Legacy "reads" anything other than the database is when > it's reaching out to Bing maps to pull up the latitude and longitude > and draw maps through Bing. You can also do that through the Geo > Location Database but you have to do one at a time and it's not as > accurate as Bing. > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Bernd Hornung <ber....@telus.net > <mailto:ber....@telus.net>> wrote: > > I have turned off 'Show Map' but it makes no difference. > > I am editing the Locations list, combining myriads of duplicated > locations. File maintenance does not seem to deal with it since it > does not recognize the minute differences (i.e. commas). > > At this stage I do not necessarily need Legacy > to put the 'V' in, I just want to combine and not take until > Legacy 10 comes out, to finish it. > > As an aside, does Legacy "read" Location connections made it > another DB? It seems that it is making connections of some > places I remember having worked on in two of my other DBs. > > Bernie > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Bernie H Blog site http://haushornung.weebly.com/ Data site http://www3.telus.net/hornunghouse/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
