As Rootsmagic has very strong place handling functionality my ambition was to be able to geocode all places used in the facts of the database.
Visualizing a huge amount of data and bring them in a greographical context helps to understand the data much better!
I have prepared a series of interactive maps hosted on ArcGIS Online. The data files are hosted on my website and as soon as I have uploaded modified data to the webserver, the maps will automatically be recalculated every 6 or 12 hours.
The maps represent the current level of information contained in my genealogical database. In respect of emigrants the data is not complete with the exception of my hometown area where all emigrants have been extracted from the church and civil records. However there are still surprises coming up that people have emigrated and it was not recorded in church or civil records.
I have created a youtube video explaining the functionality and some special features of the maps.