When writing biographical or historical articles, most are couched in relative terms… dates are relative to the date of publication, familiar nearby places are less explicit than faraway places, and people are referenced in terms of their relationship to the subject or author.
It would be nice if Gramps could do something similar.
Most of us have a region of interest where a large percentage of their research is focused. Mine is in my home township, county, state, nation, continent, planet, solar system & galaxy. When I reference places, they are going to be in those terms. So it would be nice to be able to define a “Home” place where the the Place display omits any part of the Place hierarchy (after the most highly define) that overlaps my Home Place. (Perhaps putting in a placeholder house ⌂ Unicode character with a rollover hint of my Home Place.)
So, if my Home Place is: “Hickory township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, United States, North America, Terra, Sol system, Milky Way”; then “Neshannock Presbyterian Cemetery, Wilmington township, Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, United States, North America, Terra, Sol system, Milky Way” would display as “Neshannock Presbyterian Cemetery, Wilmington township, ⌂”. Anything more would be monotonous.
A similar thing happens in obits. Those are written of today, and a local “dearly departed”. So references of next Tuesday, and brothers “Tom, Dick & Harry of Pittsburgh” is sufficient to derive an exact date, the surnames & the State. And if the genealogist fails to embed the newspaper publication place, publ date & decedent; then the information becomes unresolvable.