<Locations>

Each location in your database will have its own location page and will use a Google map to display the location marker based on its description, or if they're known, its latitude and longitude. Gigatrees will look for coordinates in non-standard GEDCOM location records ( PLAC, _PLAC_DEFN, _LOC and _PLC) and in standard GEDCOM location coordinate fields ( PLAC.MAP ). In most cases, coordinates are not required for Google to draw the map correctly, but in those rare cases where it errs, users may use this option to force appropriate coordinates.

When creating location pages, Gigatrees will cleanup the location descriptions using recognized international counties (and their ISO abbreviations) and country states (and their ISO abbreviations), which for most users is seemless. If however you are an international user or a non-English speaker, you may want to add new or modify existing counties and states, or, God forbid, disable the cleanup altogether.

Example

<Locations>
   <Location> 
     <Description> Palestine </Description> 
     <Latitude> 31.952162    </Latitude> 
      <Longitude> 35.233154  </Longitude> 
   </Location>
   
   <Location> 
     <Description> Acre, Palestine </Description> 
     <Latitude> 32.933957          </Latitude> 
     <Longitude> 35.079946         </Longitude> 
   </Location>
   
   <CleanupLocationDescriptions> true </CleanupLocationDescriptions>
   
   <Country>
     <Name>      Canada       </Name>
     <Code>      CAN          </Code>
     <Preferred> true         </Preferred>
   </Country>	
   
   <State>
     <Name>      Newfoundland  </Name/t>
     <Code>      NL            </Code>
     <Country>   CAN           </Country>
     <Preferred> false         </Preferred>
   </State>
   
   <State>
     <Name>      Newfoundland and Labrador </Name/t>
     <Code>      NL                        </Code>
     <Country>   CAN                       </Country>
     <Preferred> true                      </Preferred>
   </State>
</Locations>

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