[Therion] Generating list of drawers

Benedikt Hallinger beni at hallinger.org
Thu Mar 6 21:00:20 CET 2025


Thank you… seems like counting -author in the scrap files is the way to go then… maybe its an idea to count objects in a scrap, to get a very raw estimate of „workload done“.

> Am 06.03.2025 um 20:11 schrieb Bruce Mutton <bruce at tomo.co.nz>:
> 
> 
>> 
>> But I need "drawed length", to see who contributet how much to the
>> maps drawings.
> 
> My understanding (from much forum watching rather than actual knowledge) is
> that when Therion exports map(s) made of scraps (ie not with any maps
> comprised of centrelines), then the length presented in the statistics is
> length of 'whole centrelines' associated with those scraps.  Unfortunately
> (perhaps) the finest resolution of the length calculation is on a 'per
> centreline' basis (as opposed to 'per leg').  That means that the length
> reported will almost always overestimate the length that is directly 'under'
> the 'footprint' of scraps exported.
> So while yes, it is easiest to count the number of scraps authored by each
> person, it should also be possible to use a similar logic to report the
> length of whole centrelines beneath scraps drawn by each person.  If there
> are many scrap authors per centreline, the statistic would be worthless due
> to double reporting of authors for each centreline, but if it is reasonable
> to assume that mostly a scrap author will draw all the scraps for a
> particular days survey, the double reporting will be minimised.
> For surveys that contain only one centreline, the blurring of resolution
> probably make this a forlorn effort.  May as well count scraps per person
> instead - this is a way of encouraging and rewarding what I consider to be
> the good practice of drawing short scraps!
> Bruce
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