L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #289 Make maps follow Bible

MJ. Smith

Another tip of the day (TOTD) series for Logos/Verbum 10. They will be short and often drawn from forum posts. Feel free to ask questions and/or suggest forum posts you'd like to see included. Adding comments about the behavior on mobile and web apps would be appreciated by your fellow forumites. A search for "L/V 10+ Tip of the Day site:community.logos.com" on Google should bring the tips up as should this Reading List within the application.

This tip is inspired by the forum post: Basic Maps Question - Logos Forums and L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #287 Forget the Search - find a place on a map - Logos Forums

DMB said:

Atlases tend to be by subject or time period. By themselves, they don't link well to Bible verses.  The tool Atlas, as you indicated, does, but is online only (allowing it to work with desktop, mobile, and the web app).

Choice 1: Cited By Panel

If you're up to it, The Cited By tool allows what you want (if Atlas is a no).  Essentially it scans books you have (Homan or Carta, etc), to find references to what it's linked to (a Bible, as an example).

- Open a Cited By panel

- Select 'Add' and choose your collection, series or mytag value

- Link the panel to your Bible

It then follows your Bible, looking for any references. Not perfect, but pretty close.  No maps display: only finds them for you.

Choice 2: Biblical Places Tool  (part of Factbook also)

- Easier: just link it to your Bible

- Shows media and maps that it can find, as you move thru the Bible

- Can't be directed to specific books (eg Holmans).

What I Do

- I tag all my maps and charts resources (a bunch!)

- I have a CitedBy panel in my layout (you can have several, not just maps) that points to my tagged maps and charts books

- When I get to a section that I need a map or chart, I just check my CitedBy to see what he found.

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