Michele, I thought that would be the case. Interestingly, Bing is placing the maker in a spot in Leflore County.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Michele Lewis Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 2:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] maps? Ron, It is a county. I am entering it into Legacy using the 4 placemarkers sothatLegacy recognizes it , Marion, Mississippi, USA = Marion County, Mississippi If this is a problem with Bing Maps then can Legacy link to Google? Michele -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] maps? Michele, Have you tried going to Bing Maps on the web and entering in the location to see where they think it is? BTW what is "Marion", a county, town etc.? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: Michele Lewis Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] maps? I am talking about the ones where Legacy geo codes them. I did not put the coordinates in manually. Here is an example, , Marion, Mississippi, USA Shows up just north of Memphis, Tennessee. Even if I tell it to re geo code it still codes it for Tennessee. Michele From: Robert E. Carneal [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] maps? Michele- let me ask this- Can you check a few locations and make sure the West, East, North, South markings are correct? A lot of people will enter a GEO very numerically correct, but make a mistake on the hemisphere. I have done that a several times On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Michele Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: Is there any work going on to fix the maps? About a year ago we had a long conversation on here about the map feature not working properly. Many times Legacy (or Bing maps) plots the location in a completely wrong place even though the place is entered correctly. Many of my deep south locations show up in New England or the Midwest. I think that the map feature would be a VERY useful tool but with hundreds of locations I really don’t want research the correct coordinates and manually enter them. Michele 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
