[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On line map of Germany and other countries

Gary Warner gary at warnerengineering.com
Fri Mar 26 08:59:59 PST 2004


Mike,

Not too bad a map, but the search feature does not seem to work very 
well.  For instance, if I search for Ojrzen (there is an accent over the n) 
in Poland, it says it cannot find it, even if I use the * as a wild card- 
it is actually on the map, however, since I can zoom in on it on the road 
south of Ciechanow (there is an accent over the o).  Interestingly enough, 
I can do a search for Ciechanow, and it will find it, even though I did not 
enter the accented letter.  Likewise, if I search for Dabrowa, also near 
Ciechanow, it will find it in the index, but zooming of the map does not 
take you to that location, even though a manual zoom and pan will show the 
place.  Looks to me like the system needs some work, but it does have some 
possibilities if what I perceive as flaws are fixed.

Gary Warner

At 07:21 AM 3/26/2004, Michael & Maureen McHenry wrote:
>This is a resend the link didn't have a space before the start of the
>next sentence and incorporated the first word.
>
>Have anyone tried this one http://uke.multimap.com/. It does cover part
>of Eastern Europe.
>
>                                  Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of
>Jerry Frank
>Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:51 PM
>To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
>Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On line map of Germany and other
>countries
>
>Really neat maps system on line that makes MapQuest look very old
>fashioned.
>
>http://www.map24.com
>
>Click on the little British flag for English version.  Enter a town or
>street address of interest and watch it work.
>
>Once the map comes up, you can zoom in or out as if you are flying in a
>balloon without waiting for a new page.  The features, surrounding
>roads,
>rivers etc. all retain their relative positions as you go in or out.
>Not
>only is it a virtual zoom but if you click the sides of the map or
>another
>nearby town, it slides over to centre that location.  It also has a
>"rocket" function that automatically zooms in and out.
>
>Unfortunately it appears to cover only the current European Market
>countries, not Poland or Ukraine at this time.
>
>
>Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
>FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
>
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