measurement precision: readme update
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I added a footnote saying the measurements are upto 3 decimal places, and mentioned that one can use the columns `px_<measurement>` and `px_scalebar` to obtain higher precision. [Line 101 to 106]
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- `px_basal_pronotum_width`: Euclidean distance between coordinate endpoints of the basal pronotal width (`coords_basal_pronotum_width`) expressed in pixels.
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- `px_elytra_max_width`: Euclidean distance between coordinate endpoints of the maximum elytral width (`coords_elytra_max_width`) expressed in pixels.
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- `cm_scalebar`: Calibrated length of the reference scalebar in centimeters. Constant value of 1.0 cm as this represents the standard reference scale used for all measurements.
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- `cm_elytra_max_length`: Calibrated maximum elytral length in centimeters
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- `cm_basal_pronotum_width`: Calibrated basal pronotal width in centimeters at the elytro-pronotal suture, calculated by converting pixel measurements using the scalebar calibration factor.
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- `cm_elytra_max_width`: Calibrated maximum elytral width in centimeters
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## Dataset Creation
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- `px_basal_pronotum_width`: Euclidean distance between coordinate endpoints of the basal pronotal width (`coords_basal_pronotum_width`) expressed in pixels.
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- `px_elytra_max_width`: Euclidean distance between coordinate endpoints of the maximum elytral width (`coords_elytra_max_width`) expressed in pixels.
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- `cm_scalebar`: Calibrated length of the reference scalebar in centimeters. Constant value of 1.0 cm as this represents the standard reference scale used for all measurements.
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- `cm_elytra_max_length`: Calibrated maximum elytral length in centimeters (up to 3 decimal places)<sup>[1](#footnote1)</sup>, calculated by converting pixel measurements using the scalebar calibration factor.
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- `cm_basal_pronotum_width`: Calibrated basal pronotal width in centimeters (up to 3 decimal places)<sup>[1](#footnote1)</sup> at the elytro-pronotal suture, calculated by converting pixel measurements using the scalebar calibration factor.
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- `cm_elytra_max_width`: Calibrated maximum elytral width in centimeters (up to 3 decimal places)<sup>[1](#footnote1)</sup>, representing the greatest transverse dimension across the fused elytra, calculated by converting pixel measurements using the scalebar calibration factor.
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<a name="footnote1">1</a>: The measurement is up to 3 decimal places. To obtain measurements with greater numerical precision (i.e. additional decimal places), use this equation: `cm_<measurement>` = `px_<measurement>`/`px_scalebar`.
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## Dataset Creation
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