Re: Anyone Using KML Files For Family History?

Wasn't it Mardon who wrote:
>
>Thank you, Mike.  Your approach is very nice.  I like it a lot.  I would
>like to build something similar, so I looked through the source
>statements of the imap.htm file and found the following references:
>
>    // This Javascript is based on code provided by the
>    // Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team
>    // http://www.commchurch.freeserve.co.uk/
>    // http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/googlemaps/
>
>Unfortunately, neither of these URLs seem to be working.  Would it be
>possible to get a sample of the "familymap.xml" file?  Is there anything
>else I'd need to know in order to get a similar thing working on my
>website?  (www.ErblandBrown.org)

The Maps API tutorial got so popular that it broke the bandwidth limits 
and had to be moved to a different ISP:

http://econym.googlepages.com/index.htm

The XML file is here:

http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/family/familymap.xml

I found that the hard part was actually finding the locations. Since 
much of the data was collected from hand written do***ents, some of 
which are over 200 years old, there are transcription errors. Some of 
the original information was obtained from illiterate individuals and 
uses strange spelling. Many of the streets no longer exist. Some of the 
towns have changed their names, e.g. "Layton with Warbreck" is now 
"Blackpool". Some of the county boundaries have changed, e.g. modern 
geocoders can't find "Bowness, Westmorland" because it's now in ***bria.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure