Thanks for everyone's ideas.
Some of my Polish time periods use 4 some 5 positions

I decided to force all 5 location positions into 4.  Having same number
of fields helps with sorting.

Ideally if would be nice to specify Number of locations field MAX.  Then
if entered with less fields specify which fields to become null.
ie. MaxPositions = 5,  LessPositionOrder if less 2,3if less than MAX
ie For Me for Poland
city, administration, county, state, country (1,2,3,4,5)
If less fields entered enter Nulls
city, county, state, country (Null 1 field - admin)
city, state, country (Null other 2 fields -admin, county)
city, state (Null other 3 fields)
state (Null other 4 fields)


I will use 4 fields, and in the process converted all locations with
fewer positions to 4 position system.

john







On 3/11/2012 4:04 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote:
> John,
> By all means use the American four field standard for American
> locations, but for other countries use their own formats, normally the
> way in which they are written.
> Ron Ferguson
> http://www.fergys.co.uk/
> *From:* John Magyari <mailto:jmagy...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:35 PM
> *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com>
> *Subject:* [LegacyUG] How to document Locations in Europe 5 Fields vs
> 4 Fields
> Typically for US locations i have ****4 FIELDS
> City, County, State, Country
>
> How do others handle European Countries?
>
> For example I have a village in Poland Area
>
> 1900's part of Austria Hungary
>
> Village, District, Province, Country ****4 FIELDS
> Lipowiec, Sanok District, Galicia Province, Austria-Hungary
>
> Same place in 1940's ****4 FIELDS
> Lipowiec, Sanok District, Krosno Voivodeship, Poland
>
> Almost all places in Current Day Poland 1950's through today *****5 FIELDS
> City, Gmina, County, Voivodeship, COUNTRY
> Lipowiec, Dukla Gmina, Krosno County <wlmailhtml:/wiki/Krosno_County>,
> Subcarpathian Voivodeship
> <wlmailhtml:/wiki/Subcarpathian_Voivodeship>, Poland
>
> and since 2012 *****5 Fields
> Lipowiec, Jasliska Gmina, Krosno County
> <wlmailhtml:/wiki/Krosno_County>, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
> <wlmailhtml:/wiki/Subcarpathian_Voivodeship>, Poland
>
> When some locations ideally be 5 FIELDS, do you go back and update
> those with 4 Fields?
>
> With some having 4 some having 5 it's also harder sorting and then
> viewing similar towns over time periods.
>
> thanks,
> john magyari
>
>
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