#2409: last call for options keys consolidation ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: martinl | Owner: grass-dev@… Type: task | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.0.0 Component: Default | Version: unspecified Keywords: standardized options | Platform: Unspecified Cpu: Unspecified | ----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------
Comment(by wenzeslaus): Replying to [comment:90 glynn]: > Replying to [comment:88 martinl]: > > > Let's try to focus on element list name. Under condition that we don't want to use abbreviated names, what is your preference > > > {{{ > raster3d* > volume > 3draster > }}} > > My preference would be "volume"; the other two have issues. We can debate forever about how significant those issues are, but "volume" avoids them entirely. `volume` avoids issues with naming variables but creates issues when talking with people. From my experience, volume is very confusing while 3D raster (-> `raster3d`) works because it is very explanatory and it is not a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym homonym]. Voxel seems not be an option anymore but it is a term which people react to time to time because it is at least clear that it is something special (not a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume volume] in liters). BTW, Wikipedia is not really helpful in deciding about `volume`/`voxel`/`raster3d` but it links not really related [http://skuld.bmsc.washington.edu/raster3d/raster3d.html Raster3D] software ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics#External_links Raster graphics]) and it talks about ''2D and 3D raster and vector'' when it is describing a book [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Graphics:_Principles_and_Practice#Second_Edition Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice] which is highly related. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2409#comment:91> GRASS GIS <http://grass.osgeo.org> _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev