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<DIV>I've been using only google maps for awhile, and I forgot you can get the
coordinates simply from the cursor. I usually go to google earth only when
I want to use one of the sets of overlays I've set up on it. So the
coordinates obtained while looking at the overlay would be very helpful</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks for the links, I'll try your application. I think using
coordinates routinely for place names simply opens up a whole realm of
possibilities later, and as I said previously it also solves the problem of
referring to locations that have gone (and continue to undergo) name
changes</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry</DIV>
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<A title=john@jytangledweb.org href="mailto:john@jytangledweb.org">John</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 25, 2010 11:26
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] [APG
Members] place names</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I am an advocate of using GPS coordinates. A couple of years
ago<BR>I wrote this little Google Map application to assist me. I also<BR>use
it to have others pinpoint a location for me.<BR><BR><A
href="http://jytangledweb.org/maps/getgps.shtml">http://jytangledweb.org/maps/getgps.shtml</A><BR><BR>And
Google Earth is a wonderful application that also lets you<BR>track GPS
coordinates of your cursor, it is free and there are<BR>Mac, Windows, and
linux versions. See:<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.google.com/earth/">http://www.google.com/earth/</A><BR><BR>I've
put several GPS mapping projects up on my home web site:<BR><BR><A
href="http://jytangledweb.org/">http://jytangledweb.org/</A><BR><BR>John<BR><BR>On
10/24/2010 10:15 AM, LBoswell wrote:<BR>> Given multiple options to find
and locate gps coordinates in<BR>> longitude/latitude why not use the name
as it appears in the document,<BR>> then log it under longitude and
latitude.<BR>> Easy enough to find those coordinates simply from google
maps. Find the<BR>> location of interest, or as close to the area as
possible on google<BR>> maps. Click on link (upper right hand corner next
to 'print' and<BR>> 'send'), and copy the result into a text reader or even
an email.<BR>> Looks like this:<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.996721,-1.663892&num=1&sll=43.4501,-87.222019&sspn=4.218381,8.195801&ie=UTF8&ll=54.996524,-1.664321&spn=0.00373,0.013036&z=17">http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.996721,-1.663892&num=1&sll=43.4501,-87.222019&sspn=4.218381,8.195801&ie=UTF8&ll=54.996524,-1.664321&spn=0.00373,0.013036&z=17</A><BR>>
<<A
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.996721,-1.663892&num=1&sll=43.4501,-87.222019&sspn=4.218381,8.195801&ie=UTF8&ll=54.996524,-1.664321&spn=0.00373,0.013036&z=17">http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.996721,-1.663892&num=1&sll=43.4501,-87.222019&sspn=4.218381,8.195801&ie=UTF8&ll=54.996524,-1.664321&spn=0.00373,0.013036&z=17</A>><BR>><BR>>
The coordinates of interest above are the first ones<BR>>
54.996721,-1.663892. Plugging those into the search line on google
maps<BR>> will take you to the location (in this case a street in
Manchester, UK.<BR>> Those coordinates will never change, unlike the
constantly evolving<BR>> names for same location. Most genealogy programs
will do the same thing.<BR>><BR>> When we note a location why aren't we
automatically adding the<BR>> coordinates for the benefit of future
researchers. Also allows a client<BR>> to pull up google maps and see
exactly where the location is/was. Or at<BR>> least the closest modern
approximation (if the street doesn't exist, you<BR>> can normally locate
its modern location on google maps by<BR>> cross-referencing period sources
like maps and gazetteers with the<BR>> modern map).<BR>><BR>> This
has to be the way we go now, it's simply the most exact way to<BR>>
pinpoint a location (and it's independent of the past or current
name).<BR>> More importantly it can take you to a jurisdictional level
location<BR>> (where you select the central point of that jurisdiction and
use those<BR>> coordinates), or narrow down to a specific map location.
More often now<BR>> you can then overlay that modern location on Google
earth with a<BR>> historical map and at the same time have the modern
location right in<BR>> front of you. Future researchers will always know
what location is being<BR>> referred to, and it's independent of
language.<BR>><BR>> A way of noting locations that a) will never change
in the future b).<BR>> allows a unified way to catalogue a location to its
various name changes<BR>> over time, and c). is independent of language
preferences. Given the<BR>> ease of finding the coordinates for any
location on the planet, it just<BR>> makes sense<BR>><BR>>
Larry<BR>></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>