The V means they have been mapped using the Bing map - which used to be Virtual Earth hence the V. The ? means that Bing can't find it. The blank means that Bing hasn't tried. If there is an L, then the coordinates have come from the Geo Location database.
It's all in the Help accessed from the Master Location list. There is an option to have Bing map all locations automatically. I don't find this useful as they all have to be checked. As genealogists we enter historic locations and modern maps don't cope so well with those. Note there is a column headed Ver for Verified. I click that whenever I've checked that the pin is in the correct place. When mapping locations with the map - if it gets it wildly wrong, click the Geocode button and choose "Do not auto geo-code current location" You'll get a dash in the L column. Then if you use another already mapped location that is closer to the required place and then move back to the one you're mapping to manually place the pin w ith a right click, you won't have the frustration of the map flying back to the wildly wrong spot. Cathy Susan Jones wrote: > Hi Mike, > > In the "L" column the majority are "V". There are some blank and a few > with "?" > > Susan > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Locator > > Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:11:03 +0200 > > > > On 15 May 2014 03:17, Susan Jones wrote: > > > > > I have downloaded the Geo Locator to my Legacy 8 on laptop with > Windows 8.1. > > > When on my Master List - Locations and click onto an address, the > marker > > > doesn't come up on the correct place. I have tried with many different > > > addresses, even my own. Is this a problem or do I need to reinstall? > > > > If it's anything like it was in 7.5, you'll see a column headed 'L'. > If it > > contains a 'V' then it has latitude/longitude values. The pin will > show up > > roughly where the values indicate. If the pin is in the wr ong place, > simply > > manipulate the map until the correct place is shown then right-click > on the map > > to re-situate the pin. > > > > -- > > 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
