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==Place database used by GRAMPS==
 
==Place database used by GRAMPS==
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If you want to use your own database, you don't care of licence to use, but what about to re-use existing databases ?
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See [[GRAMPS:Copyrights|Copyrights]].
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==To create our place database==
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Why not creating our own place database ?
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Users sharing their place informations. It is possible on GRAMPS 3.0.1 and later :
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#Go on place View
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#Edit menu -> Column editor
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#Check Place Name, Zip, City, County, Country, Latitude, Longitude, Church Parish columns
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#go on Family Trees menu -> Export View ...
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==To use existing place structure and data==
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[[Geonames]]

Revision as of 07:12, 6 August 2008

Place database used by GRAMPS

If you want to use your own database, you don't care of licence to use, but what about to re-use existing databases ? See Copyrights.

To create our place database

Why not creating our own place database ? Users sharing their place informations. It is possible on GRAMPS 3.0.1 and later :

  1. Go on place View
  2. Edit menu -> Column editor
  3. Check Place Name, Zip, City, County, Country, Latitude, Longitude, Church Parish columns
  4. go on Family Trees menu -> Export View ...

To use existing place structure and data

Geonames