John, Not sure if this is what you wanted but I went to the USGS and found this http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ Doesn't seem to be interactive but I was able to locate my house then pinning displays the coordinates in several formats.
Larry Lee [email protected] On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 8:47 PM, hwedhlor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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
