tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post2752733275071931421..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Best of the Genea-Blogs - 27 December 2009 to 2 January 2010Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-84034704266627216292010-01-04T14:51:22.372-08:002010-01-04T14:51:22.372-08:00Thanks for the shout out Randy! I've replied t...Thanks for the shout out Randy! I've replied to GeoLover in my blog entry located at:<br /><br />http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2010/01/readers-response-census-view-maps-at.html<br /><br />Myrt :)DearMYRTLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684472865240981715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-85071299388908757582010-01-04T13:45:16.098-08:002010-01-04T13:45:16.098-08:00Great List Randy, than youGreat List Randy, than youSanjay Maharajhttp://www.vlockbox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-25279025955819967452010-01-04T10:16:44.783-08:002010-01-04T10:16:44.783-08:00Thanks for this:
"Census "view maps&quo...Thanks for this:<br /><br />"Census "view maps" links no good, Ancestry.com? by Pat Richley on the DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog. Ol' MYRT finds a problem with the Ancestry.com map function - it points to the county as if it's a city or town. Well done, MYRT - this slipped past everyone else!"<br /><br />However, when the maps were rolled out there were many such critical comments in the ancestry.com blog announcement.<br /><br />The core of the problem is the gedcom-format failure to distinguish between villages and Township-type municipalities by the same name. Even googlemaps does not handle this well: try to get it to come up with a Madison Twp. in Ohio and it comes up with Madison, Wisconsin, without telling you, and incorrectly linking the tree place/event. Similar problem with Bowling Green Twp, Licking County, Ohio; 9 times out of 10 you get Bowling Green, Kentucky.<br /><br />It is not entirely the mappers' programs' fault. It is the gedcom-format failure to designate what unit of government is referred to.<br /><br />What *is* the mappers' fault is failure to map Township-type subdivisions in order to distinguish between Counties and towns by the same name. The mapper-programmers are fundamentally city-based, and unable to provide maps that account for the fact that most of our ancestors did not live in cities.<br /><br />I post here because there is no way to comment on the post on Dear Myrtle's site.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-70230095893719371222010-01-04T10:13:09.910-08:002010-01-04T10:13:09.910-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-13829054727348784902010-01-03T14:39:35.133-08:002010-01-03T14:39:35.133-08:00Thanks for posting the one about the Cuyahoga Coun...Thanks for posting the one about the Cuyahoga County, OH deeds online. I recently discovered a batch of family in that area, so I'm sure this will be helpful down the road.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699560976080566224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-51526202994501602022010-01-03T13:34:23.495-08:002010-01-03T13:34:23.495-08:00http://shawgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/GPS...http://shawgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/GPSJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495697331453137400noreply@blogger.com