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[Bram Piot <bram.piot@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
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Population Services International (PSI)


On 11 April 2013 15:39, Jan Henrik Øverland <janhenrik.overland@xxxxxxxxx>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 <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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>> Knut Staring
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