Well, I tried it too. The town near Meridian came up not the county in southern Miss. This suggests that we're each doing something slightly different---perhaps comma placement.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Michele Lewis <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > 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 > > > 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
