Bill, Legacy uses Bing! Mapping service from Microsoft. I research Sweden, and amazed at how it finds the small parishes. I have a rather 20 page map of detailed Sweden, and it mostly hits the correct location. Sometime I need to move the pin or if Legacy/Bing! cannot find the location (rarely), that is when you resolve the problem and put the pin where you need it. Legacy does not use the GeoDatabase for locating the mapping feature, unless you ask it to on resolving.
As far as another piece of software for mapping that can import Legacy's files. I have software called Map My Family and can be bought from the Legacy store. It does not use Bing! or any other online database. It uses a pre-defined location database. It finds some of my locations, tells you of the ambiguous locations. You can add your location to the program's database. As for me, I like Bing! Hope this helps. Tim Rosenlof On 1/27/2010 4:15 AM, Bill Wood wrote: > Hello, > > See the last paragraph of the original post. > > I believe I made the original posting on topic, when in that last > paragraph I asked for comments from Legacy regarding whether or not > they might use technology like this in future releases of the mapping > part of Legacy. > > The original post was not intended to be offensive or derogatory but > was more like "Hey have you seen this option ? and could you use it in > future ?" > > As discussed in previous posts, the mapping part of Legacy does not > work well for places outside of America. > > My initial hope was that this thread could become a discussion of how > Legacy might interface with other technology in future, and get some > leverage from other existing technology without reinventing the wheel. > > Whether Legacy or its clients realise it or not, the program does rely > upon other software i.e. Microsoft Access database formats, also, I > suspect that the mapping software accesses other material not written > or owned by Legacy. > > It is possible that a discussion that helps us all to understand and > better use the functionality of the various other software and data > that Legacy uses now, or might access in the future, could only be of > benefit to both Legacy and its clients. > > Of course, if Legacy and its users do not want to enter into a > discussion, this thread will stop, and people interested in this topic > can go elsewhere to discuss better ways of mapping their trees. > > I think this would be a shame as I believe that open discussion > amongst the clients with the service provider present could only be a > useful thing. Surely the service provider would value and appreciate > feedback from clients even if the feedback is to ask "Hey can you do > it like this ?" > > One of the main reasons I purchased Legacy was the advertised mapping > function. For the moment I am off elsewhere to investigate other ways > of mapping my data. > > > Regards > > Bill > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Alastair Lack <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Well, that just shows the limitations of my knowledge (that's quite > easy, really!) :-) > > In future when we get off-topic, such as to discuss Google earth > further, we can just continue on the Rootsweb list. It's an ideal > solution. I wonder why no one mentioned it. > > Perhaps we should remind people of that option? > > Thanks, Sherry and Tim > > Warm regards :-) > > Alastair Lack > Salisbury, England > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
