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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>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 <
>> dbridges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <
>>> dbridges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>>>>
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