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Re: [Gramps-users] Event Places and Addresses
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From: Matt K. <mat...@gm...> - 2011-08-03 09:04:51
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Jerome, Excellent thanks for the pointer to the wiki reference on this discussion, my apologies for not reading there first. This makes perfect sense, looks like I'll be adding residence events from here on in !! cheers Matt On 2 August 2011 20:18, jerome <rom...@ya...> wrote: > Well, I suppose we are still free to fill an address (street, number, zip) as a place title ! A place title like this one might be used for census event, etc ... Shared between family's members. > > When you say "Address", there is one limitation : only related to a person and not event. So, to use Address structure into a place will make it harder to share for all types of events and objects (person, family). Instead "Residence" event makes it more consistent, see: > > http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Why_residence_event_and_not_Address%3F > > Note, I often add an "address like" on the event description field with addition of the city name for place title: > ex: > "birth of ... - n°10 main street" > "death of ... - n°56 east app. 569B" > Place name : "New York city, New York, USA" > etc ... > > > Jérôme > > > --- En date de : Mar 2.8.11, Rob Healey <rob...@gm...> a écrit : > > De: Rob Healey <rob...@gm...> > Objet: Re: [Gramps-users] Event Places and Addresses > À: "Matt Keenan" <mat...@gm...>, "Gramps Users List" <gra...@li...> > Date: Mardi 2 août 2011, 20h02 > > Dear Matt: > This has been some of my questions also, but my failure to ask why? I would also like to know why an address can NOT be shared or linked in a place as well? Why have so much duplication of data... > > Sincerely yours,Rob G. Healey > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Matt Keenan <mat...@gm...> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A recent convert to Gramps, so apologies if this is obvious... > > > > I'm so far unable to see any link between Places you assign to an > > Event, and an Address, the information captured in both places is > > pretty much the same, just wondering why they are not linked ? > > > > e.g. when entering a Birth event, how come you cannot select a Place > > that has been entered as an address ? or vice versa > > > > Also how come Address entered for a person cannot be shared (like > > places can) with other people ? > > > > cheers > > > > Matt > > > > -- > > HH Golf Society > > www.hh-gs.com > > > > IFLAF > > www.iflaf.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA > > The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. > > Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. > > Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 > > _______________________________________________ > > Gramps-users mailing list > > Gra...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > > > > -- > Sincerely yours,Rob G. Healey > "Always surround yourself with people that inspire you togreatness!" > > > > -----La pièce jointe associée suit----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA > The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. > Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. > Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 > -----La pièce jointe associée suit----- > > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users > > -- HH Golf Society www.hh-gs.com IFLAF www.iflaf.com |