Mapping features are an age old issue with Logos and while there is some improvement, L4 still falls very short. A few of my disappointments:
1. The zooming feature is not intuitive. There should be a google earth type slider to present the user with an understanding of the current zoom level. When I first used L4 maps, it was not clear to me how to zoom either.
2. When you open the "Biblical Places" tool and search for something like "Caesarea Philippi" the software presents you with a map zoomed all the way out and doesn't indicate where it is. It doesn't even bother to centre the map on the location you are looking for. (see below) Zoomed in at this scale, you can't read the writing on the map anyhow. By the time you do zoom in to read the writing, the "Caesarea Philippi" is off of the map, leaving you to drag the map around looking for the location.
3. There is no dynamic way to drop information off of the map that you want. You can't measure distances. You can't overlay useful information like the journeys of Jesus, Paul, etc. In other words, these maps are static and in a day and age of interactivity, I would love to see this go to the next level.
I could go on, but I hope that most of all Logos would see my comments in a constructive, rather than critical light. L4 is a huge improvement, but in many ways, maps still seem like a static bolt on that have not received any kind of real attention.
EDIT: Cleaned up typos. I accidentally posted this and then got distracted.
