[OSGeo-Discuss] How to assess rendering quality?

[Gilles Bassière]

Hi Ed,

Yes, I'm aware of this problem. That's one of the reasons why I want to 
go for a user survey, because I can't choose what is preferable between 
"sharp" and "smooth". My intuitions tells me that it depends on the map 
type and aims. I hope the survey results will allow  the definition of 
guidelines about this.

Cheers
Gilles

Ed McNierney wrote:
> Gilles -
>
> Just keep in mind that subjective metrics are, after all, subjective, and some of your metrics are mutually exclusive.  "Smoothness of lines" is normally accomplished by antialiasing those lines, making the edges intermediate colors and a little "soft".  This is a good thing, but is incompatible with "sharpness of details", which is best accomplished without antialiasing but with more jagged artifacts on curves and diagonal lines.
>
> 	- Ed
>
> Ed McNierney
> Chief Mapmaker
> Demand Media / TopoZone.com
> 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
> North Chelmsford, MA  01863
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> ed at topozone.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Gilles Bassière
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:38 AM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to assess rendering quality?
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> I'm more concerned with subjective metrics, I actually plan to survey 
> some users. The questionnaire will include some map samples and gather 
> user preference for each criteria. My problem is to identify what 
> questions/criteria should I ask to a user.
>
> Gilles
>
>
> Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>   
>> Gilles-
>>
>> Is your idea to measure the quality by having a human look at outputs (subjective metrics) or automatically via some analysis routine (objective metrics)?
>>
>> -mpg
>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
>>> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Gilles Bassière
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:01 AM
>>> To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to assess rendering quality?
>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I'm doing a comparative study of OpenSource cartographic servers 
>>> (Mapserver, Geoserver and Mapnik). Beside raw performance and 
>>> features, 
>>> I'd like to assess the rendering quality, say how pretty 
>>> produced maps 
>>> are. Precisely, I'm interested in the quality of the drawing work, my 
>>> point is not about symbology, nor styling of maps.
>>>
>>> I have some problems to find a set of objective criteria I could 
>>> benchmark my servers against. So far, I have already identified the 
>>> following:
>>> - sharpness of details
>>> - smoothness of lines
>>> - uniformity of colors
>>>
>>> I'm open to any comments. Do you think these criteria are consistent 
>>> regarding the purpose of my study? Does anyone have other criteria to 
>>> suggest?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Gilles Bassiere
>>> MAKINA CORPUS
>>> 30 rue des Jeuneurs
>>> FR-75011 PARIS
>>> http://www.makina-corpus.com
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Gilles Bassiere
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