[GRASS-user] Does v.kernel have to take 16+ hours?

[Moritz Lennert]

On 07/12/12 17:16, Markus Metz wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Aren Cambre<aren at arencambre.com>  wrote:
>> OK, I think I get it now. After you've hit 4 SDs (or even arguably 3 SDs!)
>> the contribution of more points to that square fades to almost nothing
>> without extreme clusters of points.
>
> Right.
>>
>> Seems like this ought to be clarified in the UI and documentation? Should I
>> file an enhancement request?
>
> I would rather have the option 'stddeviation' renamed to 'radius',
> kernel radius in map units, which it actually is currently for all
> kernels but gaussian, and internally adjust standard deviation instead
> of radius for the gaussian kernel. I guess that the kernel radius is
> of more importance to users than the standard deviation. Makes sense?


+1

Moritz