thanks linn...........very useful.............jim boles,from indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linne Gravestock" <linne@gravestock.name> To: <BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:19 PM Subject: Bowles: new map finder > Here's a useful tip which everyone can use, coming in via the > RootsMagic News. > http://maps.google.com/ > Google is beta testing a search engine which will find maps. > I put in a friend's address, and saw exactly where she lives. And > then it'll tell you how to get from here to there. Hold on a > minute---I know you can do that at MapQuest, too. But this one will > let you click on the word "Satellite" up in the right hand corner, > and you'll see the site you want from the air, then zoom in and out. > And if someone gives you the GPS coordinates of a cemetery, you can > check to see if those coordinates do land on the cemetery in question > and then print out the result. > It might be worth playing with this to find out where your > ancestors had their land, and then seeing what it looks like today. > Linne > >