Images, Purpose, Effort

[Eric A. Bolden]

>I would like to comment on the current discussion about Image Storage and
>Image Distribution. A 35mm slide is still the highest possible resolution
>commonly available. The original 35mm slide image is important both for its
>resolution, and for the purposes of copyright and credit. Low resolution
>images distributed in JPEG format (my current preference as smallest file
>size with the best image quality) may be easily sent over slow speed
>network connections or the Internet.
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>I would advocate a system with the original media is scanned at the highest
>possible resolution and stored locally, on CD-ROM for example.
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>A low resolution image (JPEG) should then be distributed to participating
>gopher servers and/or FTP sites, along with adequate information to get to
>the source of the images.
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>A low resolution image is all that is needed initially for viewing on
>screen. Selected high resolution images could then be obtained. This would
>use a much lower bandwith and reduce the strain on network resources.
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>A group of key images could, perhaps; be distributed by CD-ROM to mutiple
>server sited world-wide, bypassing slow network links and providing local,
>or near local access to images, and image sources.
>Eric Bolden
>USDA Forest Products Lab
>
>>>Our gopher (155.187.10.12) delivers a meagre sample of TIFF compatible
>>>photographs, and we would like to expand it to a working tool for
>>>research and investigation.
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>> ...questions about specific file formats and conversions among them
>>    deleted; PAR...
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>>>Or are there any other recommendations you would like to offer on the
>>>storage of colour images (mostly from 33mm slides) and their
>>>delivery over the internet?  What format is going to be most widley
>>>acceptable?  What compromises should we be prepared to accept on
>>>resolution as it impinges on data file size?
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>>I want the technology that will permit scholars to extract the abundant
>>and substantive information about the subject matter contained in
>>images.
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