GEPS 006: Better Place handling
Changes already implemented
A new hierarchical place view was introduced in version 3.2 of Gramps.
The place object was left unchanged, but the existing location fields were interpreted as a hierarchy. The location fields are as follows:
- Country
- State
- County
- City
- Street
The new view displays Country, State and County as a tree.
Proposed changes
- Integration with online map tools.
- Good definition of place and address/residence event in Gramps.
- Alternative place with a date span? Define one ideal way of working with alternative place.
Motivation
Time and again users pose questions on improving the place structure of Gramps. This GEPS is about defining a new improved way of handling place, keeping backward compatibility with GEDCOM/present Gramps.
Many things are also not well designed, in that Gramps allows the user to do as he likes, without guiding the user to a good way of storing place data. (this statement is disputed, see discussion)
Some ideas
- Geonames
- Gedcom 5.5EL
- An internal place database
References
Some relevant bug tracker entries: