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maddin

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Better names for workflow parameters
« on: February 23, 2017, 08:27:15 PM »
Some of the parameters used in a normal reconstruction workflow are not very useful IMHO.

1.) Pair preselection - Why call it "Generic" when it really tries a low-res match first?

2.) Alignment Accuracy - "High" really means "use full original image size" - why not use "Full Size", then? Also, calling this 'Accuracy' in general is somewhat misleading IMO. Something like "Image Resolution" would indicate better what it really is about.

3.) Along those lines: The current names we have for the dense point could quality level ("Ultra High", "High" etc.) are not terribly informative, too.  At the very least, they should be augmented with their actual meaning, i.e. "Ultra High (full picture size)", "High (half size)" etc.  And it is somewhat confusing that "High" in the Alignment is the same as "Ultra High" in the dense point cloud reconstruction.

That way, users can an idea of what really is happening without having to look it up in the online help.

Thibaud Capra

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Re: Better names for workflow parameters
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2017, 01:09:56 PM »
I think it's because the main goal here is to be ergonomic and user-friendly. Someone with very little photogrammetric knowledge is still able to understand simple words as "Ultra High", "High" etc.

Though I couldn't agree more with you on that point: having to dig into the manuals to get a little grasp at what a given parameter is doing exactly is annoying.

Maybe name everything the way it is but have a tooltip giving more detailed info about the selected option?
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