Legacy Mapping troubles me. Though a big Microsoft fan, I do find that Google has better world coverage (Google Maps vs Bing Maps) and sometimes better accuracy. Both have some errors, in my experience (outside of my use of Legacy FT). I can't blame either for not recognizing some of the places from centuries ago for which the present usage is irrelevant. Also, omission of suburbs / some locations in Samoa which I thought these USA-based organizations would cover well is not unexpected, realistically. They are small and numerous, with variable spelling. Using the Legacy Mapping, I resort to researching the exact location of troublesome places (by internet, usually), then comparing a map of my preferred location with the Legacy map, and right-clicking to fix its location in the programme. I find the digital method to enter the latitude/longitude in Legacy Mapping to be very awkward. There are gazetteers that give accurately the lat/long of places, and it would be nice to be able to use those accurate positionings in a friendly way. I have some suggestions - perhaps best expressed directly to Millennium.
Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of CE WOOD Sent: Tuesday, 25 April 2017 4:30 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] mapping locations It varies. Sometimes Google is not spot on - search for a church, and it's somewhere in the area, but not the church - even using exact coordinates! The same problem occurs sometimes with Bing. Genuki is unparallelled for old maps of Britain. You can get the town and zero in on the castle ruins, church, etc., and get the coordinates. Those have always been correct when I search Google or Bing for those exact coordinates. It is always wise to use at least two map searches to verify, AND, click on the exact location to see the coordinates. Then do a separate search for those exact coordinates. I have found many errors that way. CE ________________________________ From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com<mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>> on behalf of Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com<mailto:historysle...@gmail.com>> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 5:38 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] mapping locations I hadn't tried it before. I did spend many days cleaning up the master place list earlier this year so I know they are correct. I have noticed this issue in the past when programs use Bing. If I search for the place in Google they come up correctly. On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 3:01 AM, Cathy Pinner <genea...@gmail.com<mailto:genea...@gmail.com>> wrote: Cheryl Are you saying that it was OK in Legacy 8 or is this the first time you've tried Map My Family? In the Master Location list with maps on, have you asked Legacy to auto map/geocode your locations? If you do that, you need to check them. In the Master Location list, there is a button near the top of the screen - with "Geo-Code" written on it. Click that and there are a number of options which include Geo code the current location again (meaning the highlighted location) That may give you a better mapping. Or simply go to the right place on the map and then right click on the map to reset the pin. Bing maps, which Legacy links to, are pretty good at finding places but I don't know about US locations. The normal problems I have is for historic locations where the name has changed. Otherwise, it does a pretty good job of my Australian and UK locations. Once you've verified the relevant locations, go back to Map My Family. Cathy Cheryl Rothwell wrote: In my Legacy 9 the maps seem to more than a little off. As an example, my 3rd great grandparents were married in Madison County, Ohio. I thought - and Google agrees - that that is between Columbus and Dayton. With Map my Family it is on Lake Erie, east of Cleveland toward the New York line. Logan County, Illinois, has moved to eastern Macon County, Illinois. Note that there is no other info in those locations, just the county name, state, USA. What is causing this? I assume it is something I am doing but what? Cheryl Rothwell -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com<mailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
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