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Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:46:04 -0500, "limey" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Christine Dabney" wrote
>>> Heya folks,
>>>
>>> Google upgraded the map, and the old link doesn't work any more.
>>> Here
>>> is the new link:
>>>
>>> http://www.mapservices.org/myguestma...o?id=artisan02
>>>
>>> There is also a new icon/marker set, which is much more extensive,
>>> and has larger icons. If you want me to change to that one, I can.
>>> However, it means we have to start all over for the map, I think, as
>>> the old markers would have to be erased.
>>>
>>> Let me know if you want me to do that.
>>>
>>> Christine

>>
>> Thanks for the link, Christine. Can you reprint how to correct a
>> person's location? I'm sitting out in the Atlantic, along with Stan
>> Horwitz (but I'm sure that's not bad, either!).
>>
>> Skip the larger icons.
>>
>> Dora
>>

>
> Well, to redo your location, I need to delete your old icon first.
> Then, you need to zoom in real close on the location, down as far as
> you can. Do that BEFORE placing your next marker. Just keep on
> zooming in, down to your location. You can often zoom down to street
> level. Putting the map setting on hybrid can often help in finding
> "your" house, as well.
> Only AFTER you do this, do you place your marker. If you place the
> marker before this, you end up in weird places, like the ocean.
>
> You can move the map with your mouse, if you hold down on the left
> mouse button and move the map. That way, you can keep on zooming down
> to a specific spot.
>
> Hope this helps a bit.
>
> Christine


May I add something? When you ask Christine (or me?) to delete your icon,
please specify which one. When I was helping out with this in the past I
found a lot of people had already added themselves more than once and I had
no idea which icon to delete

Jill