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GEPS 006: Better Place handling

11 bytes added, 15:43, 18 September 2010
Good definition of place and address/residence event in Gramps
* ''' Tier 1 & 2''': Between a country an the smallest administrative section, we allow for two levels.
* ''' Tier 3 ''': A settlement consisting of a number of dwellings varying in size from a hamlet to a city. In some countries this will be a division of the country with a mayor.
* ''' Tier 4 ''': The locality people identify themself with. This futher further classifies tier 3. Examples would include a neighbourhood within a town or city, or a village or hamlet on the outskirts of a town or city.
* ''' Tier 5 ''': Street or block, so the lowest division needed for postal information.
County
Post Code
Country
: for Belgium this format would be
Country
* When entering data into the country field there are a few possibilities. "UK" could be used as the country, or one of the constituent countries may be used (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland). Other terms such as GB, Britain or British Isles may also be used. A thread on the mailing list discussed this [http://gramps.1791082.n4.nabble.com/How-to-imput-UK-address-td2283137.html] and three different methods are used at the moment (UK, GB and constituent countries).
* If constituent countries are used in the country field then the state field will not be used.
* If "UK" or "GB" is used in the country field then the state field may optionally be used to qualify the constiuent constituent country.
* Questions are often raised about how to record London addresses. At the moment the county field could be used to store "Greater London", "London", or a historic county for the London borough. The city field could be used to store "London" or the name of the London borough. The new Locality field may be useful to record the London borough.
* When we upgrade the database we need to take into account the different possible values in the country field.

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