GedView
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| GedView | |
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| Publisher / Author | David A Knight |
| Version | 3.2.4 |
| Latest Update | January 18, 2012 |
| Creation Date | 2009 |
| Operating System | PDAs and Handhelds |
| License | Commercial |
| Category | PDAs and Handhelds |
| Languages | English |
| Prices | €3.99 - Download |
| Links | Website Product Page Downloads |
Description
GedView is a viewer and recording tool for your genealogy database when you are out and about researching local records, or visiting locations such as graveyards looking for information. It is compatible with iPhone/iPod devices running OS 2.2.1 or above, with additional features (such as mapping) being supported where available.
GedView acts as a way to quickly check up on family relationships, dates/locations of events, sources of information, and view your notes, or record newly found information while you are out researching.
No specific desktop application is required as standard GEDCOM files are used for importing data. These can be encoded as ASCII, ANSI, ANSEL, UTF-8, or UTF-16.
Features
- Import GEDCOM files by download over GPRS, EDGE, 3G,or WiFi
- Import GEDCOM files by uploading over WiFi (Bonjour supported)
- Portrait and Landscape mode support
- Supports all standard GEDCOM event types
- Support for many custom events used by various genealogy applications
- ASCII, ANSI, ANSEL, UTF-8, UTF-16 character set support
- Individual and Family views (Only Indvidual in 1.0)
- Sources and Notes for events/facts (1.2 and above)
- Notes for individuals / families (1.2 and above)
- Browse by Surname, Given Name, or by Family (by Family only available in 1.2 and above)
- Bookmarking of families/individuals (1.2 and above)
- Search by fullname, surname, or given name (1.2 and above, fullname search 1.4 and above)
- Works with large GEDCOM files (largest tested ~38MB and ~70k individuals, works best with around 2000-3000 individuals on a 3G, 3GS can support much higher numbers)(1.2 and above, 1.0 limit is ~25k individuals)
- Dates are parsed allowing events / facts / people to be sorted by date.(1.4 and above)
- View location of an event / fact.(1.4 and above, OS 3.0 only)
- Support for multiple databases.(1.4 and above)
- Editing support (add/edit/delete) for individuals, events, facts, notes, and source citations (2.0 and above)
- GPS / Cell location / WiFi location can be used to record the current latitude/longitude when editing a place for an event/fact (2.0 and above)
- Export complete database or just changes since a given date as a GEDCOM file (2.0 and above)
- Export via built in web server over WiFi (Bonjour supported), or via email (2.0 and above, OS 3.0 required for email)
- Pedigree Tree (2.4 and above)
- Descendants Tree (2.4 and above)
- Family Group Sheet Report (2.4 and above)
