[GRASS-dev] G7: parameter standardization: n/count, min/minimum etc

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> we have the confusing situation of naming the same statistic in different ways:
> 
> r.series | r.statistics2 | t.rast.aggregate.* | t.vect.what.strds
> ...
>     method   Aggregate operation
>              options: average,count,median,mode,minimum,min_raster,maximum,
>                       max_raster,stddev,range,sum,variance,diversity,slope,
>                       offset,detcoeff,tvalue,quart1,quart3,perc90,quantile,
>                       skewness,kurtosis
> 
> r.in.lidar | r.in.xyz | r3.in.xyz | r.statistics
>      method   Statistic to use for raster values
>                options: n,min,max,range,sum,mean,stddev,variance,coeff_var,
>                         median,percentile,skewness,trimmean
>                default: mean
> 
> I would suggest to streamline this (and personally opt for the
> r.series way of naming the methods; e.g., the "n" is easily
> overlooked, the "count" less so).
> Also the order might be revisited and standardized...?

I suggest standardising on unabbreviated names. I'll look into using
the option-matching code for option values as well as names.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>