[Ldsoss] Mapping on lds.org

[Richard K Miller]

On Apr 6, 2006, at 6:05 PM, Jeffrey Dunster wrote:

> It worked for me, but the coordinates were not accurate. Several  
> parallel streets were combined and other points were completely out  
> of place. All points were mis-aligned with the streets.
>
> I did something like this using Google Earth. I transformed a list  
> of addresses to coordinates using a service on the web, then I  
> manually created the KML file merging the ward list. The other  
> service was more accurate, but still not aligned perfectly, on the  
> E/W axis. I think that is G.E.'s fault though. Their own data is  
> inconsistent between the images and street info. I don't think that  
> they have corrected the nadir (elongation) effects for most of the  
> images.
>
> I have been wondering what the geocodes were, and if they were  
> actual Lat and Lon. If so what format, decimal?
>
>

What was the name of the other service you used?  I'd like to try  
that too and see if the data for my ward is any better.  I think I'll  
also try the Yahoo geocoder.

Oh, and yes, the geocodes from geocoder.us are lat and lon in decimal  
format.

Richard