One of my consistent observations about various map display programs that use a pushpin or map tack icon to indicate locations, is that those icons regularly associate map locations with the body of the pin icons, rather than with the point of the pin icons. How can anyone trust the locations determined by programs like that? How can such imprecise visual locations be compared from one mapping program to another when it is impossible to know where on the pin icon the designated map location may be found?
When I have asked the various manufacturers of such programs about the imprecise nature of the pin locations they have invariably told me that if I would simply zoom in on the location the pins would be more precise. I have not found that to be true, however and wonder what impressions others have of such programs, and whether anyone has found a mapping program that uses the pin icon pinpoints to designate locations? John Zimmerman Mesa, AZ 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
