I am looking for a way to expand the range of states, provinces and counties that are available to be used in the Master Locations > Options > Expand/Contract location parts function.
The /Preview a //l//ist of Codes/names/ gives the corresponding long and short names for the US states and territories, Canadian provinces, Brazilian states, and the counties for Ireland (but not Northern Ireland), England, Scotland, Wales, and Channel Islands (which here include Isle of Man, a Crown dependency, and Isle of Wight, an English county). There is also a collection of randomly sorted country long and short form names. Are these the only locations and short forms used in this Expand/Contract function or are there more? Are these lists able to be amended or extended? Is there an accessible file of these long and short namesor are they hard wiredinto the program? The GeoCountryCodes.txt, GeoStatesCodes.txt and the GeoCountyCodes.txt files appear to all be part of the main GeoDB function. The GeoCountyCodes include the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland) county codes, GB (England, Scotland, Wales) counties and Ireland's counties. GeoStatesCode.txt file includesUS states, Canadian and Mexican provinces, English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Ireland (but not Irish) counties, Australian state codes, and other data for Germany and the Scandinavian countries. These Geocode files seem to be curious mixtures of data, but they do not appear to be utilised in the Master Location Expand/Contract function. It would be helpful to be able to modify the Master Location Expand/Contract lists to include more countries and counties, in addition to the existing limited collection. For myself, I would like to add the Northern Ireland counties, the Australian states and the New Zealand provincial codes. This would save a whole lot of search/replace actions. Does anyone have experience or advice in this area? Boyd Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
