The format used by Legacy seems non-standard.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Mary Young <m...@cmy.org.uk> wrote: > Google Earth easily gives you the Lat. & Long. for any address,with no > conversion needed. > Search for the address in Google Earth. > Click on the Pin Icon at upper left of the bar. > A New Placemark box opens, showing Lat. & Long. in the format: > 55°56'54.05"N and 3°11'53.23"W > Copy each string into the appropriate box in the Legacy Location dialog > box. > Then delete the °(degrees), '(minutes) and "N or "W(which are already > in Legacy). > The numbers should be in pairs, so any single digit should have a "0" > placed before it, i.e. 6 digits before the point, and 2 after the point. > This works perfectly, you can pinpoint any place to within a few metres. > Mary Young > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
