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GeneralHaving problems entering field of view on photos? Please read.

13th Apr 2014 19:41 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Please note that numerical formats on mindat are English style, so it uses a decimal point not a comma to divide the integer and fractional part of a number, eg

Field of view 1.5mm. is correct

Field of view 1,5mm is incorrect and will not be accepted by the system.

Please do not use measurements such as 1,5mm in your descriptions.

thank you!

20th Apr 2014 19:38 UTCPascal Chollet Expert

It should be added that not all the fields are requiered to be filled.

Some users fills the "specimen size" fields with the used box size (example : 28 x 28 x 22mm - see for example Daniel Journet). Maybe a warning pop-up window should be added when some numbers are entered together ?

It wouldn't be annoying for most of the users, as few percents of samples exactly matches the sizes of standard micromount or jousy boxes. the window should be separated of the warning windows appearing when you validate a new entry (I mainly use the keyboard and use to press "enter key" twice without reading while validating).

Pascal

20th Apr 2014 22:40 UTCJean-Marc Johannet Manager

Hi Pascal,

For my point of view, the way that Daniel use the dimension field is not a problem.

By using dimensions of the European MM boxes both with the field of view of his photography, we are very well informed about the size of his sample and how close was taken his photo.

23rd Apr 2014 13:13 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

The way Daniel is entering the data IS wrong and confusing, and we should ask him to stop.

If he doesn't want to measure each specimen then adding just the field of view is appropriate.

Jolyon

5th Jun 2014 22:34 UTCGrigoris Deoudis

Pascal Chollet Wrote:

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> It should be added that not all the fields are

> requiered to be filled.

> Some users fills the "specimen size" fields with

> the used box size (example : 28 x 28 x 22mm - see

> for example Daniel Journet).

I would like a clarification please,for new users like myself. If the above (28 x 28 x 22mm) is incorrect, how should we write it?

12th Jul 2014 21:32 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

By entering the field of view instead of the size of the box

12th Jul 2014 21:45 UTCGrigoris Deoudis

Thank you for the reply, now it's clear.:-)

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