Maps - Best Practices Question

This is an iPad specific question

I stink at geography. So, when I'm reading the OT and come across a location, I often want to see it on a map. However, I have a difficult time "easily" pulling up a useful map in all my resources. Just wondering if anyone has a "best practices" or easy way to quickly search and pull up an appropriate map out of my resources whenever I want to see where a place is on a map.

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Jerry M

Hi Ryan, this is a difficult situation right now. For one thing Logos Deluxe Maps aren't working correctly on the iPad. There doesn't seem to be a foolproof way to gain easy access to a particular map right now. The iPad app is a work in progress. What I do is use the ESV Study Bible maps. All I have to do is type map into the search window and the ESV Study Bible Maps is the first result or I can scroll across the resource to the end of the book where the maps are by the scroll bar at the bottom. Then I have to manually flip to the one I want to open and then double tap it and it opens full screen. Of course if you don't already own this resource I am not suggesting you buy it just for this. If anyone knows a good search syntax to use to navigate to a geographical location I would like to know it also.

The place to start would be to have a collection of Atlas on the desktop. This collection will sync to the iPad app and help narrow down a search. The Holman Bible Atlas has some good maps, if you have that resource.

Todd Phillips

Just wondering if anyone has a "best practices" or easy way to quickly search and pull up an appropriate map out of my resources whenever I want to see where a place is on a map.

I keep links to a few maps that I refer to regularly in my favorites, and I can easily access those on the iPad:

As you can see I have a folder called "Handy Maps" in my favorites, and in there, I have links to several maps in the NET Bible Notes resource. They look good on the iPad. I like that it resizes them to the screen and I don't have to scroll. I also have links to Biblical Places maps in that folder, but they don't even show up on the iPad.

Ryan Burns

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/397342#Comment_397342

Thanks Jerry & Todd. I like the idea of finding my useful maps and adding them to a favorites folder. That should work for now. Ideally, a search would be best... but... oh well.

Jerry M

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/397536#Comment_397536

One further suggestion on this topic. Try creating a collection with just one, two or three resources known for their good maps. I have a collection called "any book I want", to which I added the ESV Study Bible and the Holman Bible Atlas. (It seems it takes longer to sync a new collection). Then whenever I search, I limit it to just this collection and add the following syntax just like I would on the desktop. Jerusalem, #image (or whatever geographical location) This seems to work pretty good. Hint: sometimes you have to swipe to the following page, when opening a search result to obtain the map.