Changes

from Gramps 4.2.2, for performances reason, by default, the view show only the place related to the places history or the filtered places.

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from Gramps 4.2.2, for performances reason, by default, the view show only the place related to the events history or the filtered events.

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;Configure the active view: {{man label|Specific parameters}} tab

This view is not connected to filters. It only depend on the active person and the history.

From the menu popup, you can select 'animate' to see the life way of the current person:

====Adding or Linking to a place====

In this menu, you can select {{man label|Add place}} or {{man label|Link place}}

====Adding places from KML files====

In this menu, you can select {{man label|Add place from KML}}

Several map providers are available in Gramps.

In the bottom of this menu, you can select a new provider.

====How to get/remove the crosshair ?====

It can be useful to have the crosshair visible to see the center of the map.

Select Add or Remove cross hair.

This is useful to add or link places to the correct latitude-longitude coordinates

When we change the map ( person to family, ... ), the zoom is recalculated.

It can be useful in some case to keep the same zoom and position when we change the map provider.

In this menu, you can select lock or unlock zoom and position.

In the "Preview" tab you can double click on the media/photo to open it in the default picture viewer.

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====Citations====