I ignore the 4-field rule also, and I am in the US. Pretty much all my
relatives are in cities, some of them quite close to each other (and one
grandfather has at least 15 street addresses). So I include street
addresses, and phooey with the 4-field bit. I consistently have 5.
Doesn't seem to bother anything that I can see.
Elizabeth C
Jack Earnshaw wrote:
>
> Oh please don’t Bill!!
>
> Scotland is a country, as is England, France etc etc.
>
> The only thing that is wrong is a system that tells you that all
> locations obey the 4 field rule. Ie everywhere is the same as the USA.
> We in the UK have accepted for a long time that we just have to put
> our locations in correctly and accept that the software thinks we are
> wrong. We are not wrong and we should enter data in the most
> meaningful way possible – very similarly to the way you would put it
> on an envelope (where you would never write Great Britain, GB, UK etc).
>
> The Geo database is USA centric and that is a shame. The users don’t
> have to be
>
> Jack
>
> *From:* Bill Wood [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* 17 January 2010 04:42
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Physical Locations in Legacy
>
> Thankyou Elizabeth -
>
> I will try your suggestion and put Scotland in as a State with United
> Kingdom as the Country and see if the Towns are then recognised.
>
> I dont think my Grandad would be impressed with Scotland being demoted
> from Country to State - but that can be our secret .....
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Bill
>
>
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