Hi all, Yes I agree, "Equal counts" would be the standard term, if you want to avoid "Quantiles" that is.
I would also advocate for making Equal Counts / Quantiles the default classification method for thematic layers, since in most cases it results in better classification than Equal Intervals. bram ------------------- Population Services International (PSI) On 11 April 2013 15:39, Jan Henrik Øverland <janhenrik.overl...@gmail.com>wrote: > We never used "quintiles", we used "quantiles" like mapfish does. > Something more understandable is probably better, so I'll let the English > tongues decide. Seems like there is a consensus on "equal counts" then. > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Agree with Jason - "Equal counts" sounds best. >> >> Quintiles are just one specific type of quantiles: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantile >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Jason Pickering < >> jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think the usual terminology for this would be "Equal counts". >>> >>> Quintiles is not the correct word though, except when the population >>> would be divided into 5 parts. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Lars Helge Øverland < >>> larshe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dan, >>>> >>>> yes we could easily use SVG for icons and then embed them in the >>>> download. Only problem is that IE8, which we still officially support, uses >>>> viewport to render maps and does not support SVG out of the box. Eventually >>>> we will scrap support for IE8 but not immediately.. >>>> >>>> Lars >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Daniel Bridges < >>>> dbrid...@akrosresearch.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jan, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the feedback. Guessed that there would be a good reason for >>>>> the facility layer not showing. I know that in theory it should be easy to >>>>> perform a screen capture, but unfortunately I think this might be hard to >>>>> ensure people can make a screen capture and remember to do so just for >>>>> this >>>>> use case. I am no programmer, but if there is a way to make this happen I >>>>> think it would help a lot of users who otherwise will think the system is >>>>> broken and perhaps not engage with it as a result. >>>>> >>>>> Would it also be possible to add in a pdf download option for maps as >>>>> it can be higher definition (like the data visualiser downloads)? >>>>> >>>>> 'Equal numbers' would help a lot - thanks.... >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 11/04/13 11:42, Jan Henrik Øverland wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The facility layer is different from the other layers as it displays >>>>> images by reference, i.e. the images are not SVG shapes. We know a lot of >>>>> users want to create facility maps, and it might be possible to include >>>>> them in the download somehow, but so far we have not prioritized it as >>>>> there is a print screen button on most keyboards.. >>>>> >>>>> "Quantiles" is the "correct" term as far as I know, but I agree that >>>>> it might be confusing. Let's change it to "Equal numbers". >>>>> >>>>> Jan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Daniel Bridges < >>>>> dbrid...@akrosresearch.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi DHIS team, >>>>>> >>>>>> Not sure if this is deliberate or not, but not all layers (facility >>>>>> layer and google background) are shown when one downloads a map (v2.11). >>>>>> Would it be possible for these layers to appear (or not) in the download >>>>>> based on whether that layer is toggled on or off? All other layers seem >>>>>> to >>>>>> work this way. Any chance this can be unified? Perhaps the google image >>>>>> is >>>>>> too big, but a lot of users want to create facility maps... >>>>>> >>>>>> I was also wondering if the automatic legend method currently termed >>>>>> 'Quintiles' would be more user friendly if termed 'Equal numbers'? Many >>>>>> are >>>>>> confused by this term. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Dan >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Knut Staring >> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >> +4791880522 >> http://dhis2.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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