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Add 'Place hierarchy' section
The summary below indicates some of the ways current Gramps users organise their places.
=== Place hierarchy ===
Gramps stores places in a hierarchy. Places at the top of the hierarchy are usually countries. The level of detail increases the further the place is down the hierarchy. Places at the bottom of the hierarchy represent small areas such as individual houses or burial plots. The hierarchy can contain any number of levels.
For example, Hobart in Australia would be stored as three places: Australia, Tasmania, and Hobart. Australia would be at the top level of the hierarchy and have a place type of ''Country''. Tasmania would be at the next level down and have a place type of ''State''. Hobart would have a place type of ''City'' and would be stored in the next level below ''State''. Any of these three places could be referenced in an event.
=== Level of detail ===
An approach that is between the above two involves treating a place as a geographic location on the Earth. The land use (e.g. St Luke's Church) would be a note. How you identify the geographic location may not always be obvious: a street address (e.g. 25 High St) will often be sufficient.
=== Changes over time ===
A given place can change its name over time. This change may be as minor as a change in street number or name, or a complete change in name of town and country. There are different ways of recording this, but most people seem to choose one name which they list on the Location tab, and the other names go on the Alternate Locations tab.
