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* ☑{{man label|Keep Web Links}} checkbox. The GeoNames database contains various URL links to other web data, associated with each place. For example, many places have a Wikipedia link. If you check this setting, the Gramplet will save these web links with the place data. They will appear in the 'Internet' tab of the Place Edit dialog.
* ☑{{man label|Add citation and source to Place}} checkbox. If you check this setting, a Citation will be added to each place, citing the 'GeoNames' Source and Repository, with the Citation having a 'Volume/Page:' value with the GeoNames ID number. There will be a Citation for each Place, but only a single Source and Repository.
* {{man label|GeoNames User ID}} field. This contains the necessary GeoNames user ID. You can sign up for the ID at the following link: [httphttps://www.geonames.org/login| httphttps://www.geonames.org/login].
* {{man label|Alternative Names Languages to keep}} field. This contains a space separated list of the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes ISO-639-1] 2-letter language code: <code><abbr title="English">en</abbr> <abbr title="Deutsch">de</abbr> <abbr title="français">fr</abbr> <abbr title="Italiano">it</abbr> <abbr title="Español">es</abbr></code>, et cetera. As you work with the Gramplet, you will see a list of alternate names available for most places, with the language code for the names. If you want these names automatically checked off for inclusion in your Gramps place, add the code to this field.
* Currently Enclosed Places. When you use the {{man button|Ok}} button after selecting a GeoNames place, the Gramplet may have to deal with a place enclosure. If you are modifying a current place, and your place is already 'Enclosed by' another place the Gramplet has two choices on how to handle changes to the enclosure.
:: There are two columns in this list, the names, and the 'Types' columns. The names are comma separated places in the hierarchy, as found in the local database, or in GeoNames. The 'Type' column in the Places view shows the Gramps Type, when showing places from the local database, and shows [https://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html GeoNames Feature Codes] that includes a Feature class letter followed by a colon, then a type) when showing results from the GeoNames search.
{{man tip|Avoiding rework|If you search GeoNames for a place in that is already in your database, the search results may return some entries annotated with a red strikethrough. This indicates that those places are already enclosed by the current place and cannot be selected.}}
:: The Type column is provide for informational use only, to help the user determine a bit more about the found place. The GeoNames Feature Codes are not always obvious; the type [https://poldham.github.io/places/reference/featurecodes.html#format type format] starts with a 'class'; one of 'A' (Administrative place), 'P' (Populated place), or 'S' (Spot). (Of the 9 GeoNames classes, searching <abbr title="Hydrographic Features">H</abbr>, <abbr title="Area Features">L</abbr>, <abbr title="Road / Railroad Features">R</abbr>, <abbr title="Hypsographic Features">T</abbr>, <abbr title="Undersea Features">U</abbr>, <abbr title="Vegetation Features">V</abbr> is not supported.) You can restrict the returned search matches to desired categories with the matching Checkboxes (see below). The remaining part of the type field for GeoNames can be decoded from [httphttps://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html| httphttps://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html], if desired.
* ☑{{man label|Populated}} checkbox. If you check this setting, 'Populated Places' (typically cities, towns, villages etc.) will be returned for a GeoNames search. This setting does not affect a local database search. This is initially enabled, as it allows the search to return what most people expect for a city type search.
* ☑{{man label|Admin}} checkbox. If you check this setting, '[[Gramps_Glossary#administrative_division|Administrative Divisions]]' (countries, states, regions etc.) will be returned for a GeoNames search. This setting does not affect a local database search. . This is initially enabled, as it allows the search to return what most people expect for a county, state, country type search.
== FAQ ==
* GeoNames data is primarily intended for present day usage. It contains little historical information. I have heard that it is pretty complete for United States, Canada, and less so for Europe, although it seems to have all the European cities I have tested so far. If you find an error or omission in the GeoNames data, you may want to tell GeoNames about it [httphttps://www.geonames.org/manual.html httphttps://www.geonames.org/manual.html].
* GeoNames finds multiple places: Example, 'Santa Rosa, CA'. GeoNames finds both 'Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States' and 'City of Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States'. The way the GeoNames database is structured, they have a 'Populated Place', which generally has lots of Alternate names and postal codes, and an 'Administrative subdivision' for the same place. The 'City of' version is the Administrative subdivision, which generally doesn't have postal codes and alternate names. I personally prefer the first version, which should appear first in the 'Choices' list.
* Timeouts: When using the GeoNames web database with a free account, you will sometimes get a timeout. The Timeout is set to 20 seconds for each request, unfortunately some actions take several requests, so the user may see unresponsive Gramps for up to 40 seconds. You can always try the request again by pressing the last used button. According to the GeoNames web site, if you pay for an account, you may get better performance, as the paid accounts use more lightly loaded servers.