I am having a lot of problems with the WikiTree+ map tool; downloading and using the app only add new problems to the list.
If this is not the right place to report these bugs, please tell me where to go.
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1 ) Locations.
I work mainly with Sweden. The normal location levels in the countryside should be Farm/Village, Parish, Region, Country (Gård/By, Socken/Församling, Län, Land)
1.1 Location choice. When I am in editing mode on a WikiTree profile I get location suggestions seeminglywritten by genealogists, but connected to points on Google Maps. Sometimes there are several alternatives (makeup example: "Berga, Västerbotten, Sweden") that looks exactly alike, but when checked via Google Maps point to different geographical locations (all named Berga, as it is a very common geographical name...) in different parishes, And there is no all-level alternative including the parish name (i e "Berga, Vännäs, Västerbotten, Sweden") available.
If I check the given alternatives and choose the right Berga (let's say no 3 on a list of four, clicking on the location on the profile in WikiTree will show the right place, but the WikiTree+ Map/SDMS will ignore this and go for any random Berga, Västerbotten in the FamilySearch database. If I ignore the alternatives and write all location levels as it should be, Google Maps goes to the parish' church, when FamilySearch sometimes sticks to the lottery wheel interpretation, sometimes finds the church.
1.2 Location missing - Some farm/village names are not given as alternatives at all as (as I understand it) they are not on an independent name level at Google Maps, only at address level. If I write the village name "Gravuå" (real example) in the WikiTree profile location field I will not get any alternatives. Nor will I get any hits if I go to my ordinary Google Maps app and write it. I must write "Gravuå 15", (wich is the only house left in the village nowadays) to convince Google Maps that it knows the coordinates for it. But it does not work in the location field, and it would not be a good method even if it worked as it points to a specific current building and not the Gravuå village area in general.
Can these bugs be fixed or worked around?
Or taking it to another level: Why is FamilySearch used at all? I choose to work on WikiTree and not FamilySearch because I wanted to provide to a OneTree without religious biases. Why can't we have a fully controllable map function based on Google Maps or Open Street Maps data included in the WikiTree basic features instead?
2) Language bleed - When I chose English most of the app switches to English, some only after reloading it,but some parts do not switch at all. For example the Settings sections, wich is kind of basic. It would also be better to set the app's default to English.
