Connect Places with WikiData

[RickardAngman]

When creating certain places, it feels as though you are inputting data that could be retrieved from another source. I believe that source could be Wikidata. For instance, I can import Södertälje Municipality and link it to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516336, thereby automatically obtaining the hierarchy where Södertälje Kommun is part of the Stockholm metropolitan area, which is part of Stockholm County.
What do you think, could it be a relevant feature to add?

[DavidMStraub]

Hi,

another very useful source is https://gov.genealogy.net/, because it allows to record historical metadata about places. Connecting such data with Gramps Web would be very useful, but I'm not 100% sure what the workflow would be. How do you imagine it would work from a user perspective?

[RickardAngman]

Could be lookup in the creation dialogue, with suggestions from external sources. And then I guess store the externalid, like Q516336, as an attribute on the place it self. Perhaps a preview with a map, so the user feels comfortable with the selection.
I'm not familiar with https://gov.genealogy.net/ so wise to look into several sources.