How To Explanation

[joehand]

Not much explaining how to use beta.openreblock.org. See fieldpapers.org example.

The key thing that seems to be missing from my perspective is a short statement of "how to" -- who can use it and how they can actually use it. What does one upload and then what can you do with it and how do you do that? Maybe approaching it from a user's perspective and walking briefly through a story of what you would do with the tool would do the trick nicely.

... basic explanation of how someone can use this. For example, "you upload X, then you do Y, and the tool delivers Z."

Jon (Stamen)

[lmbett]

these are good suggestions !!

L

On Nov 10, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Joe Hand notifications@github.com wrote:

Not much explaining how to use beta.openreblock.org. See fieldpapers.org example.

The key thing that seems to be missing from my perspective is a short statement of "how to" -- who can use it and how they can actually use it. What does one upload and then what can you do with it and how do you do that? Maybe approaching it from a user's perspective and walking briefly through a story of what you would do with the tool would do the trick nicely.

... basic explanation of how someone can use this. For example, "you upload X, then you do Y, and the tool delivers Z."

Jon (Stamen)

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[joehand]

First shot at this text. @lmbett @brelsford what do you think?

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OpenReblock Beta: Interested in running the OpenReblock algorithm on your own map? Great! Follow these steps to get going:

1. View the examples to see what your map will look like before and after.
2. Create a shapefile with each parcel of a block outlined (try with a small section first).
3. Upload the shapefile (you'll need to create an account first). Depending on the size of your block, the algorithm can take minutes to hours.
4. View the result in your profile. The tool will show where the mathematical optimal paths are. These paths will give access to each parcel while minimizing the length of new paths.

Note: The OpenReblock user upload site is in beta. Please report an issue on GitHub if you encounter an error. Thanks.

[brelsford]

OpenReblock Beta: Interested in running the OpenReblock algorithm on your
own map? Great! Follow these steps to get going:

1. View the examples http://openreblock.org/ to see what your map will
   look like before and after.
2. Create a shapefile where each parcel in a block is represented by a
   polygon (try with a small section first).
3. Upload the shapefile (you'll need to create an account first).
   Depending on the size of your block, the algorithm can take minutes to
   hours.
4. View the result in your profile. The tool will show where the
   mathematically optimal paths are. These paths give access to each parcel
   while minimizing the total length of new paths.

Note: The OpenReblock user upload site is in beta. Please report an issue
https://github.com/open-reblock/openreblock/issues/new on GitHub if you
encounter an error. Thanks.

@joeh Some small changes, otherwise this looks good to me.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:38 PM Joe Hand notifications@github.com wrote:

First shot at this text. @lmbett https://github.com/lmbett @brelsford

https://github.com/brelsford what do you think?

OpenReblock Beta: Interested in running the OpenReblock algorithm on
your own map? Great! Follow these steps to get going:

1. View the examples http://openreblock.org to see what your map
   will look like before and after.
2. Create a shapefile with each parcel of a block outlined (try with a
   small section first).
3. Upload the shapefile (you'll need to create an account first).
   Depending on the size of your block, the algorithm can take minutes to
   hours.
4. View the result in your profile. The tool will show where the
   mathematical optimal paths are. These paths will give access to each parcel
   while minimizing the length of new paths.

Note: The OpenReblock user upload site is in beta. Please report an
issue https://github.com/open-reblock/openreblock/issues/new on GitHub
if you encounter an error. Thanks.

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