If Legacy has 9 Positions in the Location Field then the designers must
done this for a reason. I'm having trouble seeing/understanding this in
documentation or help.
It seems logical to me that position 9 should be used for the category
that is the least specific ( I would assume that the Country is usually
the least specific category, except for those limiting their research to
one Country only), and all lower positions should become more specific
if known.
Even with a 4 position system, if one starts using position 4 for
Country, it seems to be limiting in the future if one decides they
might want to document locations with more precise information in the
future.
Is there any negative implications if one uses position 9 for Country vs
using Position 4?
Is there any negative implications if one uses a location system larger
than 4 positions?
I guess for those who only use 4 Positions then one can see all
Individuals that have a common city.
But would one only use a system of 3 Positions if one wanted to see all
locations that share the same County, or a 2 position system to be able
to see all who share the same State?
Ideally it would be nice to print our reports at any level of positions
and not limit it to only a Report based on the number of positions being
used. (All using same State, using same house)
Is there a way to print out a report to show
a) All that lived on the same Street or
b) All those that might have lived in the same House
c) All that Live in the Same County
if you use a 4 Position system?
I have approximately 10,000 events that I'd like to import, 80% have
location information detailed to the Address#/Street level and 20%
detailed to the City level.
It would be great to then allow Legacy VE to geocode these events.
I'd like to implement a system so I don't have go back and redo
everything in the near future.
thanks for your insights,
jdm
ronald ferguson wrote:
Actually, Paul, if one sets the Location List to read from right to left then
it's quite easy to manage the locations when the full address is included in
the location field.
Over the past month or so, even excluding mapping, we have seen many instances
of users having different problems, many relating directly or indirectly to
searching, because they rigidly stick to the 4 field format.
Just my view!
Ron Ferguson
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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:30:48 -0700
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Understanding USA 4 Field Locations and Geocoding at
the address Level
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
John;
I use the 4 position address in the MASTER source list to identify the city
etc... then in the individual DETAILS portion for that person, I place the
remaining address information. Organizing the master source in this manner
allows me to find all the relatives that live in a city.
I then add an ADDRESS EVENT under the particular person to show the exact
location of where that person lives which would include the street number, name
and city location. With a data base coming up to 20 thousand people, I think
using the MASTER source list for an address book would be way too cumbersome to
keep track of my relatives.
Example of the EVENT output:
Residence, 176 Aberfoyle Avenue, 1950-1975 - Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario,
Canada
That is one example of how I use Legacy to my advantage. To each his own
though...
Thank you,
Paul Croteau
----- Original Message ----
From: John Magyari
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Saturday, August 9, 2008 11:16:03 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Understanding USA 4 Field Locations and Geocoding at the
address Level
In most of the help, pdfs and videos it is implied to consider using
only 4 of the 9 positions for USA.
And to use position 1-4.
City - Position 1
County - Position 2
State - Position 3
Country - Position 4
1) With this trend how would anyone ever use the remaining fields for
positions 5 - 9 if you use positions 1-4 for city through Country?
It appears that lower position numbers give more precise location
information.
2) Wouldn't it be better to use positions 6 -9 instead of 1-4 for USA
Addresses?
City - Position 6
County - Position 7
State - Position 8
Country - Position 9
This would allow the other lower positions to be used for more detailed
location information.
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