That's why I always use more than Google Maps, which does have some interesting idiosyncrasies. It used to be much more reliable, but especially the newest version is inaccurate, perhaps because of the restrictions several of the European countries have imposed on them. I had to argue with them over one correction I made to the newest version because they insisted the abbey I had added to their map was actually the same as the Abbey Inn and Shop they already had. Luckily, this was an English abbey, and the Ordinance Maps for England are unsurpassed for mediaeval detail. And, I had a photo of the abbey ruins.
Enough, I think we are getting far afield from Legacy. Anyone wanting more info should contact me off list. CE > From: britton...@comcast.net > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering info in location field > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:41:24 +0000 > > One caution: About a decade back, I used Google Maps in satellite mode to > locate my place of birth, positioning the cursor to the former location of > the bed that I was born in. Two or three years later, I used the reference > to look back at the village, finding that the house had been demolished and > replaced and, more interestingly, that I had apparently been born almost in > the middle of the road. The road had not moved, so the reason had to be > precision limitations which propagate to GPS coordinates. > > This isn't a big deal to locate a town or abbey, but it may matter a lot to > locate a grave or similar. I remembered that I'd once given someone > coordinates on mountains and rechecked. Sure enough, one had changed to lead > a user over a 200' drop, and another pointed at the wrong boulder, not the > one with the cave shelter under it. > > kb > > > > ... there are specific sites for which I want exact coordinates, such as > abbeys, churches, cemeteries, castles, etc. For those, I find and enter the > precise coordinates. Then Bing puts the pointer exactly on the building, etc. 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
