By using the lat/long converter.
Anyway, for many locations, neither Bing nor Google has them. I always use another mapping program to find them. That way is especially useful because I can find the lat/long or a house, cemetery plot, etc. CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Locations > Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:57:36 +0000 > > And the two have a different way of expressing them - so which would be > used? > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Fry > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Locations > > On 2012/02/05 04:48, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > > > A possible solution, would be to have placenames using lat/long whjch > > could > > collect as many 'spelling' changes, including multiple states for an early > > place > > (KY/WV/VA). > > With the inherent inaccuracies of both Bing and Google, that's not really > feasible. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
