Can Logos Maps Overlay the Modern World with the Ancient World?
I really like the maps in Logos, especially the ability to calculate distances. However, there is one set of maps in my Wordsearch library that I continually reference to get a feel for where certain places were at in today's world. They are the Life Application Bible Maps. The premise is simple, simply pick a Bible verse and then choose what overlay(s) to use. Not being much on Geography, this helps me visualize where these cities were/are in relation to today. Can Logos do this? I searched the Logos web site to see if this map set is available and could not find it. Please don't mistake this as an advertisement, this is truly a question that I have wondered about and now the forums (from what I can tell) allow me to mention other programs and post my question. 
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I would like to see this capability in Logos. I'm continually flipping digital, paper, and mental maps to see the relationship between ancient peoples/events and modern geography. A quick means of comparison between the ancient and modern, such as an overlay showing borders would be a useful study and teaching tool. I am not aware of any such capability in Logos at present.
Larry
I would like to see this capability in Logos. I'm continually flipping digital, paper, and mental maps to see the relationship between ancient peoples/events and modern geography. A quick means of comparison between the ancient and modern, such as an overlay showing borders would be a useful study and teaching tool. I am not aware of any such capability in Logos at present.
I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but keep in mind that you can view things in Google maps, which will give you the present day perspective.
I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but keep in mind that you can view things in Google maps, which will give you the present day perspective.
In pictures!
Prov. 15:23
Not presently possible, to my knowledge. (Logos keeps developing newer & cooler capabilities that are sometimes hard to keep up with.)
But don't dismay. You don't have to buy WordSearch to do that. If you are willing to install Google Earth you can use the Bible Geocoding feature to overlay maps. Check it out and proceed with caution. I frequently have weird results whenever I install apps from Google.
http://www.openbible.info/geo/
EDIT: I was shown how overlays work within Bible Geocoding but don't know if it is limited to just the Jerusalem overlays or if any Google maps can be used with GPS coordinates.
Logos 7 Collectors Edition
Not presently possible, to my knowledge. (Logos keeps developing newer & cooler capabilities that are sometimes hard to keep up with.)
But don't dismay. You don't have to buy WordSearch to do that. If you are willing to install Google Earth you can use the Bible Geocoding feature to overlay maps. Check it out and proceed with caution. I frequently have weird results whenever I install apps from Google.
http://www.openbible.info/geo/
EDIT: I was shown how overlays work within Bible Geocoding but don't know if it is limited to just the Jerusalem overlays or if any Google maps can be used with GPS coordinates.
Thanks for the link Matthew. Bookmarked that one
I used Biblical Places to get to Philippi; but Google (from those co-ordinates) on the Philippi page put me somewhere else. I did Google Philippi, Greece, from whence I can find the Biblical Philippi.
Did I do anything wrong? What, please?
Really tisn't often that one can use the phrase "from whence"! Did I use it correctly?
*smile*
Philippians 4: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand..........
The best that Logos can offer presently is a present day view of the exact gps coordinates via google maps. I hope for the day when it will launch google earth as an option. Open Biblical places, find the city etc., that you want to see, then click the big G in the right hand corner. Notice the gps coordinates next to the letter G. You can copy and paste those coordinates in google earth also.
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The best that Logos can offer presently is a present day view of the exact gps coordinates via google maps. I hope for the day when it will launch google earth as an option. Open Biblical places, find the city etc., that you want to see, then click the big G in the right hand corner. Notice the gps coordinates next to the letter G. You can copy and paste those coordinates in google earth also.
You can buy the old Logos Bible Atas, not sure if it offers overlays or not, and defintely doesn integrate into Logos 4. At one stage it did integrate with Libronix in that you could higlight a word in Libronix and have it open appropriate maps(s) in Logos Bible Atals. I need to dig out my copy and see if it works on WIndows 7 and still integrates with Libronix in that manner.
The atlas does not work on a 64 bit OS which the world is moving to rather rapidly. I don't know about Win7 32 bit though.
Prov. 15:23
Is there an updated answer to this question?
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jimerwin/ - a postmodern pastor in a digital world
Not that I know of.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
Last Saturday, I was asked by a teacher if my Bible software had the overlapping map capability you ask about. She is teaching on Esther, to people not very strong in the Word. She wanted to show the relevance of the Persian empire to today. I couldn't find anything like that. But I'm new to Logos and still in the "WOW" stage.
I haven't spent much of my 5 weeks with Logos 4 in the maps, but I've not seen what you ask about.
Sorry I can't answer your question for sure. But I did want to amen your desire to have/find a feature like that.