[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Google alternative for Poland

[larry steinke]

Hi Bronwyn,

yes, good example. what i do is try several sites, they all seem to  
have different advantages and disadvantages.
for example, http://mapa.szukacz.pl/   ,google earth, and http:// 
www.zumi.pl/namapie.html could not find Szury in the name search,
but I could find it with http://www.traveljournals.net. (which is  
powered by google). This shows the exact co-ordinates but the map has  
poor resolution.
ie. Latitude: 54.21667 Longitude: 23.01667 (Decimal degrees)

knowing the exact co-ordinates, you can now find szury in the other  
maps.  Interestingly, http://mapa.szukacz.pl/ shows szury on the map  
even though
the name search doesn't find it. Google earth has the advantage that  
you enter the exact co-ordinates if you have them.
In this particular case http://www.zumi.pl/namapie.html does not show  
the place name, but the resolution is much higher than the others and  
you can clearly
see individual buildings even. Szury appears now to be only a small  
settlement of a few houses, which then makes it clear why it is hard  
to locate.
To find it using http://www.zumi.pl/namapie.html, i entered suwalki  
in the search, then navigated up the E67 by comparing the location  
shown in
http://mapa.szukacz.pl/.

It is interesting, and I think a lot of people don't realize it when  
searching for our ancestors, that many of the places mentioned in  
documents are such tiny places as
this, and to make things worse,  so many place names are not unique  
even within Poland.

Happy searching!

Cheers,
-Larry

On 29 Dec 2007, at 13:46, Bronwyn Klimach wrote:

> Hi Larry,
> Hope you can tell me what I am doing wrong.
> Experimented with a small place called Szury (no diacriticals, and  
> north of Suwal~ki) to no avail.  Have to confess to not being the  
> most computer literate, but had enjoyed http://mapa.szukacz.pl/    
> so much that I thought I would like to compare it with this.
> Thanks,
> Bronwyn.
>
>
> On 12/26/07, larry steinke <larrysteinke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> speaking of GoogleEarth, just wondering if people are aware of this
> alternative online map for Poland:
>
> http://www.zumi.pl/namapie.html
>
> Sometimes it has higher resolution and can find place names that
> aren't in GoogleEarth.
> just enter the place name in the field called "Podaj lokalizację"
> then enter or click the "Szukaj" button.
> it has options to show normal map, satellite, or a hybrid of both.
>
> Cheers.
> -Larry
>
>
>
>
> On 24 Dec 2007, at 06:42, DrVbuzz at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all, my mind must have been on Santa Claus  - usually
> > Google Earth
> > is one of the first I try.
> > Victor Gess
>
>
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