Re: [Gramps-devel] Cause of death and type of place

[Enno B. <enn...@gm...>]

Op 14-09-16 om 21:48 schreef tw h:
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> I just edited the dutch page, explaining the CSV export/import 
> procedure. I have two questions about this.
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> 2) Type of a place could be in English: City, County, State
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> What are the accepted dutch types of a place ? Where can I find those 
> words ?
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> E.g.: DUTCH WORDS: dorp, stad, streek, gemeente, provincie, land.
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> Are those area names coming from Wikipedia ?
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Translations are in nl.po, and I think that the ones used for place 
types can all be seen in the place type combobox in the location editor. 
That list doesn't show the recommended types though, and it is quite 
confusing too. When I check the list in version 4.2.4, I see Dorp twice, 
and I also see Dorpje, Dorp of Stad, and Stad.

I have not tested CSV import in 4.2.4, but with entries like these I 
have serious doubts about the results. For Dorp, the result is totally 
unpredictable, and the other entries don't make much sense to me either, 
because I have no idea what they translate to.

In my opinion, the place type system has serious flaws. And that's not 
only because of the redundancy that it has for any country that less 
place types than the ones we have here, where Dorp and Stad is more than 
enough, but also because when you go back far enough, almost everyone 
has foreign ancestors. And that means that, for me as Dutchman, it's 
really not enough to have Dorp/Stad, Gemeente, Provincie, and Land, but 
I also need to be able to access all English, French, and German types, 
and U.S. too, for emigrant cousins that moved there.

It must also be very clear how place types map to GEDCOM tags, because I 
found out that when I enter my birth address in 4.2.4, there is no CITY 
in the exported address, because I happen to have been born in a 
village. This type should map to the CITY tag, just like province 
(another duplicate) should map to STA(T)E, because I think it's better 
to adapt to the GEDCOM view of the world than to loose information in a 
way that's totally inexplicable to the average user, and to me too.

regards,

Enno