Re: AIS: Checklists--Biting the Bullet
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS: Checklists--Biting the Bullet
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- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:27:14 -0400
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From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
Message text written by Arnold Koekkoek
> However, I can't agree about the ease of getting used to the
color-by-number-and-letter grids of the 1939 checklist. I find it a great
nuisance to use, and of very little help on many occasions, without
considerable extra work. To the occasional searc!
her, the grids are a frustrating interference in the quest for desirable
information. A most worthwhile updating project, in my view, would be
re-publishing that checklist with the information translated into words
anyone can understand at a glance without!
having to look up a color grid or memorize a color grid chart.
<
I've experienced the same frustration, but in working on a comprehensive
checklist of arils and arilbreds I also learned that translation was NOT
the solution. So much information was lost in reducing a description to a
code that it is simply not possible to work backwards and use the code to
reconstruct a description.
The only solution I found was to consult contemporary catalogs.
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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