Re: [Gramps-devel] Places vs. Addresses

[Gerald B. <ger...@gm...>]

How about some smarts in the interface itself.  e.g. if the country is
UK, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, got to maps.google.co.uk; if
France, go to .fr, if Canada go to .ca etc.  If not matched default to
maps.google.com.  That way we can steadily add to the list as more
regional sites come online.

On 12/7/06, Zsolt Foldvari <zso...@no...> wrote:
> > So, could this be localized? France would have maps.google.fr, ... . The
> > translators could take care of that with a variable:
> > local_googlemaps_webpage = _(maps.google.com)
> To tie the map version (i.e. *.nl, *.co.uk) with a certain language is
> not a good idea I think, because the chosen locale doesn't necessary
> have to do anything with the places in a database. E.g. one can live in
> the US using en_US and have ancestors from places in Europe.
>
> I actually like the idea of the drop down button. Something like the
> Open button... One can choose from the list, but also choose the default
> clicking directly on the button. As next step we could make the default
> custom, via Preferences...
>
> Objections???
>
> Cheers,
> Zsolt
>
>
> ext Gerald Britton wrote:
> > I have places in Canada, the US and the UK among others.  UK places
> > are often not found on maps.google.com, but *are*  found on
> > maps.google.co.uk.  Any thoughts on how the interface should choose
> > the correct maps site to query?
> >
> > On 12/7/06, ben...@ug... <ben...@ug...> wrote:
> >> Zsolt,
> >>
> >> I added the devel list, as I have a localisation issue with google maps.
> >>
> >> > Hi Benny,
> >> >
> >> >> It should be a small change to make that if lat and lon are given:
> >> >> show lat/lon on google maps else: if address is given: pass that to
> >> >> google maps, else: pass description to google maps
> >> > Browsing through old dev mails I've found your suggestion above.
> >> > Yesterday I committed a change to gramps, which is actually very
> >> > similar to that. The logic now is: coordinates if given, city plus
> >> > country of main location if both given, then description.
> >> >
> >> > How do you think the address should be included in the logic? I would
> >> > do like this: city and country must exist, other address details
> >> > added optionally if given. I've got no experience with googlemap
> >> > search, do you hava an idea how the final search string should look
> >> > like?
> >>
> >> For america and some countries street and streetnumber can be given, eg:
> >> 'Nieuwendijk 10, amsterdam, nederland'
> >> or
> >> '10 Nieuwendijk, amsterdam, nederland'
> >> However, this does not work in all countries. Fortunately you are then
> >> normally
> >> directed to a page with the option to only see the city. So I assume
> >> street can
> >> always be added to the city, country data, making the logic: street,
> >> city,
> >> country
> >>
> >> However, I do have a localization problem. I write my place names in
> >> dutch, not
> >> english, so Belgie, not Belgium. However, Belgie is not recognized on
> >> maps.google.com, it is only recognized on maps.google.nl.
> >> Eg search on 'Gent, Belgie' in both webpages.
> >>
> >> So, could this be localized? France would have maps.google.fr, ... . The
> >> translators could take care of that with a variable:
> >> local_googlemaps_webpage = _(maps.google.com)
> >> with an explenation section for the translator (forgot now how to do
> >> that with
> >> gettext). Is this a good idea?
> >>
> >> Alternative is a drop down button where you can choose the googlemap
> >> webpage,
> >> but there was little enthousiasm for that during a previous
> >> discussion (and
> >> nobody wanting to implement it). Should you be in a programming
> >> frenzy, you
> >> could try that however ;-)
> >>
> >> Benny
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Zsolt
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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