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Perspectives are specific to the Places Knowledge Maps site. They let you switch between different place trees, each with a different "perspective" or focus. This lets you create nuanced relationships between two places. Let's consider the relationship between Charlottesville and Albermarle Albemarle.

Charlottesville is "in" Albermarle  Albemarle geographically, but Albermarle but Albemarle isn't the county for the city. Instead, Charlottesville is an independent city. Residents will use "Charlottesville" as their county and city in official forms.


Charlottesville is not within Albermarle within Albemarle administratively. From the administrative units Perspective we have the following tree:
  • Virginia
    • AlbermarleAlbemarle
    • Charlottesville

Charlottesville is within Albermarle within Albemarle geographically. From the geographical regions Perspective, this becomes: 
  • Virginia
    • AlbermarleAlbemarle
      • Charlottesville

You can switch perspectives from the Knowledge Maps editors by selecting Perspectives from the Main Menu. We've included a detailed step-by-step guide at the bottom of the page. We've also listed each perspective here, with examples. 

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