Maps - Best Practices Question

Ryan Burns
Ryan Burns Member Posts: 77 ✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum

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
    Jerry M Member Posts: 1,680

    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.

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  • Todd Phillips
    Todd Phillips Member Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭

    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:

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    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.

    MacBook Pro (2019), ThinkPad E540

  • Ryan Burns
    Ryan Burns Member Posts: 77 ✭✭
    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.

    Helping people find seminary scholarships and church jobs.

  • Jerry M
    Jerry M Member Posts: 1,680
    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.

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