[GRASS-dev] r.resamp.aggregate

Michael Barton michael.barton at asu.edu
Tue Sep 19 11:04:22 EDT 2006


How about just r.aggregate. The resample is implied (as it is with some
other interpolation, etc. modules. The name signifies that you are
aggregating values.

Michael
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> From: Maciej Sieczka <tutey at o2.pl>
> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:32:53 +0200
> To: Paul Kelly <paul-grass at stjohnspoint.co.uk>
> Cc: Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>, <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] r.resamp.aggregate
> 
> Paul Kelly wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Maciej Sieczka wrote:
>> 
>>> Glynn Clements wrote:
>>>> Can we make a decision as to the official name of this module?
>>> 
>>> Shorter? Ie. r.resamp.aggreg (following the "r.resamp.interp" pattern?)
>> 
>> I chose "interp" because it was one syllable of the word "interpolate"
>> and was easy to pronounce and remember!
> 
> Not one syllable, but two, actually.
> 
>> "aggreg" is two and a half syllables
> 
> True. A bit hard to pronounce maybe, too.
> 
>> and not IMHO a very obvious abbreviation. I still like
>> r.resamp.stats. The reasoning being that the the map is re-sampled based
>> on statistical aggregation of cell values. I think it is more obvious what
>> the
>> functionality is: "stats" is obviously a more general term than
>> "aggregate" and in general I wouldn't be for "dumbing down" but that
>> just seems like an appropriate generalisation in the circumstances!
>> I do think Glynn should just commit it with whatever he feels is the
>> most appropriate name though. He's not usually wrong.
> 
> I like r.resamp.stats. And I don't mind r.resamp.aggregate really. Just
>  thought it is a bit longish. (shrug)
> 
> Maciek
> 
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