From: Rob H. <rob...@gm...> - 2009-09-11 00:46:59
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Dear Duncan: With this updated place information, will Gramps modify the existing places already listed, or do we need to modify the existing to the new format??? Sincerely yours, Rob G. Healey On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Nick Hall <nic...@ho...> wrote: > I just had a quick look at this. There is already a GEP: > > > http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEPS_006:_Better_Place_handling > > This refers to a GEDCOM 5.5EL which doesn't seem to be used yet. > > If I export my database I get 3 fields: > > PLAC A comma separated list which comes from my Place Name. > ADDR This comes from the Street field. > CITY This comes from the City field. > > There is nothing for county or country (I don't know about state). > > LocationBase which is a base class for Location and Address contains: > > street > city > county > state > country > postal > phone > > The first 5 of these fields are hierarchical. I like Duncan's idea of > trying to utilise this relationship in an interface. > > I would also like the place name to be populated automatically from > these 5 fields separated by commas. > > Nick. > > > Frederico Muñoz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > 2009/9/10 Nick Hall <nic...@ho...>: > > (...) > > > >> Would this be a fixed number of levels? There is an existing hierarchy > of > >> street, city, county, state, country but the links are not defined. > Would > >> these levels be renamed or user-defined? Most of my addresses are in > the UK > >> so I don't use the "state" field - would this be just a level 2 field > and I > >> could use it for county? > >> > > > > (...) > > > > > >> The existing fields can be useful from the Places view with filters. > For > >> example, it is easy to find all the places in a given city by filtering > on > >> the city field. > >> > > > > I mentioned the existing fields since they are, I think, needed for > > GEDCOM. They would have to have some sort of relation with the levels > > we are talking about (at least that's what comes to mind). I was also > > implying exactly what you've said, the existing structure doesn't > > really work well for almost any non-USA country, I use "State" to mean > > something very different. > > > > Regards, > > > > Frederico > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-devel mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-devel > |