Re: [LegacyUG] Bing versus Google maps

[Cathy Pinner]

Crystal, With any automatic mapping, you have to check the location. You can shift the Pin in Legacy Mapping by right clicking on the map. I check all mapping and mark the verified column in the Master Location list when I know the pin is in the right place. I'm just amazed at how often the Bing map in Legacy is right for little Australian towns/localities. Tools are an aid, not perfect. Google maps aren't perfect either. Neither Google nor Bing will find historical place names. Other research again is needed. Perhaps I'm older than most of the complainers. Cathy Crystal Emory Tuesday, 13 September 2016 1:28 AM I have an issue with the maps. It shows some of my family, like my dad for example living in places I know he never lived. In one particular instance I thought maybe I put a census source in for my dad that actually was a source for a different Ed Emory.  But I checked and I had the correct Franklin County, Pa. Confusing for me.   A committed Google lover. Crystal Denise Moss-Fritch Tuesday, 13 September 2016 1:06 AM Ah, another ‘use Google maps, not Bing maps’ discussion. The last time I noted such a discussion was just over three years ago by a large part of the group that was supposed to be beta testing FTM 2014. I stayed out of that dispute (the group never received a response from the development staff), yet do have a couple of questions I will throw out for a little thought during this discussion.   I worked in the development end of the software industry for nearly 30 years between retiring from the military and retiring the second time. So, I tend to look at the various genealogy software available from year to year, even having corresponded or spoken directly to some of the developers through the decades. In all that time I do not remember any genealogy software using Google maps over Bing maps since map graphics became an integrated part of the software.   Why do software developers use Bing and not Google map integration? Is Google map integration available for in consumer, ‘off-the-shelf’ software products? What are the cost differences between using Google Vs. Bing for development tools and for licensing costs (probably per number of released copies, by volume level)?   Since no genealogy software seems to use an integration with Google maps, there must be a reason.   Denise

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