Geographic map

The Geographic Mapmap is a view of Ancestris displayingdisplays all the genealogy events at their location on a map.

You can visualize where the events you are interested in have takentook place. In particular, you can apply filters to see only certain events and thus make geographical analyses of the genealogyyour population.

Description

The Map

The Geographic Mapmap is inan OpenStreetMap over which Ancestris plots the formevents. of a map whereThe blue dots represent places where the events of your genealogy took place.

Up close, a marker is a circle with a cross in the center. From a distance, it can be reduced to a point.

Two visual tools appear on the map:

• the zoom rulerslider at the bottom left with buttons

 

• the mini location map at the bottom right. The red frame represents the visible part in relation to a larger area of the main map.

Toolbar

A toolbar at the top allows you to modify the display and apply filters.

Display Placesthe Listlist of places Button

This button is a shortcut to activateopens the Place List viewof directly.places view.

Show/Hide Zoomzoom Button

This button shows or hides the zoom slider.slider.

Display the map background and zoom out button to showShow all markers Button

This button adjusts the zoom level and refocusescenters the map so that you can see all the genealogy markers.

Show/Hide Previewoverview Button

This button shows or hides the mini card.

Show/Hide Markersmarkers Button

This button shows or hides the markers.

ChangeToggle Markersmarkers Button

This button toggles between two marker display modes.

Marker in the form of a circle with the cross :

Marker in the form of a label with athe city labelname :

FilterPlace onfilter a placefield

This input field is a quick location filter. It allows you to display only those markers whose location includes the entered string.

To use it, type characters and then press the Enter key to causeapply the filter.

Clear the characters and press Enter again to remove this filter.

Show/Hide non-geolocated places Button

This button shows or hides the marker for non-geolocated locations.

A non-geolocated place is a place with no known geographic coordinates.

It is placed by default off the coast of Bordeaux in the Atlantic Ocean.

In order to alert the user that places cannot be located, and rather than placing them on land, which would not distinguish them from well-located places, we chose to place them in water!the sea!

Screenshot buttonButton

This button allows you to taketakes a screenshot of the displayed geographical area.

A screenshot window appears allowing you to choose a green area to capture, and to keep the image in the clipboard or in a file.

Filter indicator

This symbol tells you whether a filter is inbeing effectapplied or not.

A filter is inbeing effectapplied when at least one marker is not displayed.

AnHovering overview ofover this filtersymbol indicatesbrings up a tooltip indicating which filter is in effect.

For example, here a filter is in effect to show only the markers for Joseph Kennedy's ascendingancestors' events.

SearchRefresh forplaces placefrom coordinatesthe Internet Button

This button triggers the search for places on the Internet. See the section Searching for contactcoordinates information forof all locations on the Internet for details.

Configure view Button

This button opens the filters and marker customization window.

See the correspondingCustomization paragraphssection for setting filters and customizing markers.below.

 

Usage

The cardGeographic map is used for:to:

• Navigate and visualize a particular geographic area of your genealogy
• Identify events in a given location
• Update genealogy locations
• Filter particular events to analyze possible geographic relationships between individuals

Navigate on the map

The Mapmap is moveable and zoomable, and can be moved by dragging the mouse with the mouse button pressed at any point on the map.

To recenter the map, double-click on the location to be placed in the center of the window.

The zoom level iscan be applied

• with the wheel of the mouse, thisif oneit remains above the map.
• by moving the slider cursor with the mouse,
• step by step by clicking on the buttons next to the ruler,slider,
• or by clicking on the rulerslider and using the up and down cursor keys.

Impact of the zoom change on the center of the map :

• When zooming with the scroll wheel, the geographic point under the mouse remains fixed.
• When zooming with the buttons, the center of the map remains fixed.

Identify events in a given location

From a place marked by a marker on the map, it is possible to identify the events that took place there.

To do this, simply hover over the marker with the mouse. A small blue window appears like this one:

If several locations are very close, this window contains a vertical scroll bar on the left. By activating this scroll bar you can scroll through each of the locations concerned byin the location.area.

This window displays two buttons at the top followed by the full name of the place and the information about the place :

• The first button allows youis to editEdit thethis place.place.
• The second button is to switch to the List of places view,view, atand select the levelcorresponding ofplace in the concerned place.list.
• The full name of the place is displayed in the format defined by the formatting of the places from the List of places.places.
• TheThen is displayed the population and the coordinates of the place

The window then displays the events that occurred there, a bit like a flash report :

• The number of individuals concernedin byrelation to this place in your genealogy
• The most frequent patronymiclastnames onin this place, and the number of times it is mentioned.
• The number of events that have takentook place in this place,there, detailed below by type of event: births, marriages, deaths and others.
• The period in years covered by these events.

Update locationsplaces

It is possible to update the premisesplaces in two complementary ways:

• By right-clicking on a point on the map, to identify surrounding locations or to capture the exact coordinates of a location using a location pop-up menu.
• By editing the place, using the place editor that opens from the blue window button described above.

LocationPlace pop-up menu

This menu appears with a right click anywhere on the map.

Two actions appear:

• Copy one of the surrounding placeslocations to the clipboard: this allows you tocan retrieve one of the places from the list in order to use it when entering a place later.
• Copy the coordinates XXXXX YYYYY into the clipboard: this allows you to retrieveretrieves the exact coordinates of the place to use it laterlater. for a place. You will be able to paste them on another place in the Place Editor.

Place Editor

From the Edit this place button in the blue window above, you can edit a place.

See the EditPlace Location sectionEditor for more details.

 

Event Filters

One of the main interests of the map is to be able to apply filters to identify and analyze possible geographical relationships between individuals.

To apply filters, go to CurrentConfigure View Settings. This window appears:

There are 4 groups of filters :

1. Filters on the relationship of ascendancy or descent within ana reference to a root individual De Cujus which is defined only for thethis occasion.
   • The checkboxes allow you to apply the filters. The corresponding groups of individuals arewill addedbe included in the displayed markers
   • Three buttons allow you to change the De Cujusroot individual directly if the current one doesn't suit you
     • Its name is displayed above the check marks
     • No numbering or data changes result from this choice of root individual De Cujus
2. Filters by type of event and by date of the event.
   • TheThis will display all events that correspond to the checkboxes areand addedthat tofit each other but cross withwithin the period entered if any.
3. Filters on individuals.
   • Gender:Gender: only displays the event locations of individuals of the specified gender.
   • Name of selected individual:individual: displays only the locationsplaces of the events of the selected individual whose name is displayed
   • Search for individuals:individuals: displays only places with events of individuals from the advanced search
4. Filter on the spot.
   • Simple filter on non-geolocated locations

Any action on a filter in this window immediately updates the map.

Filters from different groups are combined with each other so that theythe "intersect"displayed withmarkers eachwill other.have to match all conditions.

The use of filters is particularly interesting. It allows for example to answer the question: where are all the bottomspeople of my genealogy?genealogy whose occupation is a baker ?

To do this, simply search for all individuals with a bootmakerbaker professionoccupation fromin the advancedAdvanced search window. Leaving this window open, go to the geographic filters above and check the "Search for individuals" box. The map will then display only the places that have had an event from a bootmaker.baker. You can also check the "Birth" box to have only the places of birth of the bootmakers.bakers.

 

Customization

It is possible to change the appearance of the markers :

• Their size
• Automatic adjustment of their size with the zoom level
• Their color

To do this, from the CurrentConfigure View Settings, go to the Markers tab and make your choice of size and color.

By default, the size of the markers adjusts to the zoom level used.

• The closer the map is, the larger the markers are, as they are more easily visible and do not overlap each other.
• The further away the cardmap is, the more markers there are and the more you need to reduce them in size. On the other hand, since the map gives less detail of the topology of the places, they are also more visible and therefore do not need to be as large.

If you do not want Ancestris to change the size of the markers, uncheck the "Resize to fit zoom" box.