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An open data model and an open serialization format for exchanging genealogical data.
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Add address to place #316

Closed MtnBiker closed 6 years ago

MtnBiker commented 6 years ago

I'm not sure how all this works, but having another level for Place makes sense, specifically the street address or possibly the name of the place (St. James Church or City Motel). Having the city as the finest grain doesn't work too well. Yes you can add coordinates, but the app I use has an coordinate finder, but if it can't have an address it's not going to work.

stoicflame commented 6 years ago

So the PlaceDescription allows for any degree of specificity. Is there a reason you can't just add the address to the place name?

MtnBiker commented 6 years ago

That’s what I had started to do. I imagine it will confuse some trying to read it. I just need to get the writer of the app I’m using to support it. I don’t know if he’s using GedcomX or an older version.

So if adding a comma delimited items in Place is OK, you can consider this closed.

Thanks for responding promptly.

On Oct 18, 2018, at 10:03, Ryan Heaton notifications@github.com wrote:

So the PlaceDescription allows for any degree of specificity. Is there a reason you can't just add the address to the place name?

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stoicflame commented 6 years ago

It's pretty flexible. You can actually separate the description of the address from the description of it's "jurisdiction" (e.g. city) to reduce confusion.