Search for Maps by Title and Scripture Reference

It has been recently suggested that we have the ability to search for maps by Title. I would like to add the ability to search for Maps also by Scripture Reference. If the New Logos Maps were tagged with Scripture references then that would allow for more context specific Maps. For example if I am reading in 2 Samuel 6:12 about the ark coming to the house of Obed Edom in the city of David whick is in Jerusalem, I don't want to seach through about 60 Maps on Jerusalem. If the Map "Movements of the Ark" was tagged with the passage then I can find the appropriate map. The ESV Bible Atlas and the Holman Bible Atlas have Scripture references accociated with each map. It would be very beneficial if all the Scriptural maps were tagged with Scripture references. This would also be helpful when following alone with various O.T. battles. If someone could add "and Scripture reference" to the already suggest Search for Maps by Title then I would vote on that.

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Mark Barnes

You can sort of do this now with a search like this: (#image NEAR <2 Sam 6>) AND map, although I wouldn't claim it's foolproof. The AND map could probably be removed if you didn't mind search through a few images by eye.

John Brumett

I tried this but it seems like the image itself is not tagged by Scripture reference. I want the ability to pull up Bible Places and type in for example 2 Kings 14:23 and have the Map from the Holman Bible Atlas Israel and Judah in the Days of Jeroboam and II and Uziah come up as well as the New Logos Maps that deal with that verse. I tried this reference in the search and Holman didn't come up.

Rosie Perera

Another reason it would be good if the maps were all tagged with Scripture references would be so they'd come up in a passage guide. This one, for example, should be tagged with 2 Kings 14:23-28; 2 Chron 26; and Amos 1:2-2:3.

Are you finding this map in Biblical Places, by the way? I have the Holman Bible Atlas, but searches in BP for Tyre, Damascus, etc., did not find this map, nor any in the Holman Bible Atlas, for that matter.

John Brumett

Rosie: Yes, this is only found in the Holman Bible Atlas but not in Biblical Places. Apparently not even the cities were tagged for this map. In there any way to add and "Scripture Reference" to the suggested features without starting something new to vote on?

Sean Boisen

I tried this but it seems like the image itself is not tagged by Scripture reference.

John:

There are a few different issues going on here.

In the case of the Holman Bible Atlas, the references are tagged, and you can find this map by doing a Passage Guide for 2 Ki 14:23 and looking in the Media Resources. I'm not sure that all resources with maps have their references tagged, however.

The Logos maps have the richest metadata, and if there's a named place in the passage, you'll find relevant maps in the Biblical Places of the Passage Guide.

That said, i agree with the general sense of this thread that we need to do more to make the maps accessible by Scripture reference especially, and also by title.

For the record, there are 64 Logos maps. Here's a list by title, with links. Note this will bring them up in the context of the last Biblical Place you visited, which may not actually be on the map which is displayed.

steve clark

Excellent Sean!

thanks

Mark Barnes

In the case of the Holman Bible Atlas, the references are tagged, and you can find this map by doing a Passage Guide for 2 Ki 14:23 and looking in the Media Resources.

So why doesn't searching for #image ANDEQUALS <2 Kings 14:23> find it, or indeed any of the other images in the passage guide?