Thank you, Dave! Your app sounds great - and definitely on topic in my opinion. Looking forward to trying it out. Mary Y.
On 7/2/08, David Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1 Jul 2008 at 23:00, ronald ferguson > <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote: > > > One should also note that the accuracy does vary quite a lot with > > resolution of the map - the higher the resolution the more accurate. > > For anyone that is interested in getting their mapping side done as best as > possible, I wrote a small application & have put it on my website at: > > http://www.jodael.com/gedtokml.exe > > To use it, all you need to do is Export a gedcom file in Legacy 7 format to > your computer, run my application pointed to the .GED file & it will create > a .KML file. This kml file can be opened in Google Earth (just double-click > on the kml if you have Google Earth installed) and creates a red cross for > all the mapped locations in your gedcom. This makes it easy to spot places > where the geocoding has gone crazy - I've found places that should be in > Scotland ending up in the Sinai and places that should be in South > Australia ending up in Africa. > > The app is free & only tested on my own gedcom so far so may very well have > bugs. Also, first time I am using Visual Studio 2008 to compile an > application - it seems to run ok on the 4 computers I have here without > requiring an installation package but this may be because all the computers > I have here already have the correct .Net framework installed. Others may > not so let me know if it doesn't work & you want to help me find out why. > > Sorry if some say that it is not on topic for the forum, but I think it is - > it's a helper app using the Legacy output to allow easier viewing of the > data. There is currently no way to get the data back from Google Earth to > Legacy if an error is found - that still needs to be done manually. I am > hoping that a future version of Legacy will have a feature like this built > in. > > Dave > > > > 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 > > > > 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
