Well said.. It has many other options that I like and use regularly. - I can type in the County and State, and it will show me all the cities in that county. - I also like the 'Surrounding Cities' city sweep option of showing locations within a given (your choice) amount of miles the area your searching. (Small Binoculars At The Bottom Of The Geo Database Screen) - And the County verification list to tell you when certain counties originated by start year and end year. - Also the the 'starts with' 'contains' 'sounds like' searching feature is a great help - Properly formatting place locations (St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho) to (Saint Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, USA) - Searching by only City or County or State to drill down your location's easier
Tim Rosenlof > The best reason is for accuracy, consistancy and completeness > of location information. It makes it easy to tell which > county a town is in, for example - and even alerts you to > some problems, like putting a town in Iredell County, North > Carolina, before 1788. It would have been Rowan from > 1753 to 1788 - and Anson for 4 years before that, and so on. > > Using the Geosearch to validate your locations will make it > easier to find things in a particular area. Entries will be > complete, and consistent. > > It's not perfect, but it sure makes the location information > more useful. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Joe Martin > Sent: Saturday, 21 May, 2005 01:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What good is the geo location database? > > > Ed, I was wondering the same thing. > > Joe > Vacaville, CA > MAGLAUGHLIN MARTIN HARKNESS HAMLIN ELWAY SPOTTSWOOD KIEFFER > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Barnard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 6:55 AM > Subject: [LegacyUG] What good is the geo location database? > > > > This is NOT a complain, mind you... I've downloaded all sections of > > the geo location database, imported them, compressed them... > > > > now what? > > > > what do you use this feature for? It looks like it's probably right > > handy - I'm just not yet sure for what! The 'help' topic > tells me HOW > > to use it, but I'm hoping someone here can tell my WHY to use it? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Ed > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > > http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
