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[Jan Henrik Øverland <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> 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.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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