Sylvia, My best advice is not to use it for English locations; in general it does not work for locations anywhere in the British Isles. As myself and others have said many times on this list the four field covention is an American convention, designed for the U.S.A. and you have hit the problem which occurs when one tries to fit a square peg in a round hole.
I would suggest that you use a good gazetter, Google Maps, Google Earth or Bing (Multimap) Maps to obtain the co-ordinates, if that is what you are after. Modern maps will not cater for London, Middlesex, England since London is no longer part of that county. Ron Ferguson. _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: sylvia To: [email protected] Sent: 18 March 2010 01:30 Subject: [LegacyUG] Geo Mapping & UK (London/Middlesex) maps I have a couple of problems with the Geo mapping. It works great for the USA but not so good for UK records (and I do have both files), especially the old London and Middlesex areas which don't necessarily come under London and Middlesex anymore. Some of the mapping (Geo coding) just makes no sense, as in Southwark, Surrey turning up in the north of England. Another one has Bethnal Green, London turning up in Surrey. Clicking the "resolve" just moves me to another problem area. (Sometimes it is close enough, as in lost in London, by unclicking the Ver. and then using the "don't auto geo-code" and then clicking Geo coding through virtual earth I can put my red pin in the correct place. If I click on the "Edit Location", the address is in the first line and I click on the atlas at the end of the line, and that takes me to Geo Location Database (Core+ top line, and Core next line). To add confusion, in the City, County, State/Province/Country line "London" is under State/Province with a US flag - I'm not sure how to control this part of it. Very long story short....is there some very, very, very simple, kindergarten type instructions for all this? US maps are fine, it's when I try to access the UK maps. I have many, many addresses (transferred from Paf5 to Legacy). By the way, I really like this feature (if I can ever get it to work right). Also, anyone English on the list can help me in how I might deal with the London/Middlesex area. Very many thanks anyone patient enough. Sylvia 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
