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Subject: RE: wide format scanners/historic map image servers
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:38:36 -0400
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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I would definitely look for a small grant to purchase your scanner. I don't think, for the amount you wish to scan, that an inexpensive one would be satisfactory. Also, once you have your project completed, you have invested in a piece of equipment that will last for a nice while. You will also probably get better support from a good vendor or manufacturer, this way.
I am about to wander into an area that I rely on colleagues to guide me. But you may be talking about two types of software, one for digitization of your images, and another for archiving, and retrieving the digitized images. There are open access shareware viewers available, or the provider of the equipment can provide guidance on purchased software.
The digitization software can allow the creation of metadata to identify the images. Others on this list can give more detailed information about some of this, but I would recommend as high-quality of a scanner as you can afford. This will probably represent the single largest cost. The electronics and optics along with the mechanical operation keep the cost of this equipment high. And as one of my colleagues who knows this stuff reminds me, the server space to store files is cheap. I will forward your message to him because he can give more specific guidance than I can do.
Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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Subject: wide format scanners/historic map image servers
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Subject: wide format scanners/historic map image servers
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:57:12 -0400
From: Dave Broer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello all,
Our library has about 5,000 historic map images available online but we
have over 35,000 more maps that we want to make available online so I'm
reaching out to fellow map librarians for ideas on how to achieve our
goal in a cost effective manner. With that in mind, I have two main
questions:
1. Are there any economical wide format scanners out there? From what
I've seen, a scanner is going to cost several thousand dollars that we
don't have so I thought I would see if there are some other solutions
out there. I can have some maps scanned at nearby in institutions, but
I don't want to overwhelm them. It appears that a grant hunter is in my
future!
2. What is available for an open source CMS application to act as a
map/image server? We currently use a makeshift photo gallery software
that allows for using bandwidth saving tools such as Zoomify and batch
uploading. We'd love to add links for users to download full images,
but can't offer that with all maps due to copyright issues. I'd love to
find a CMS that would allow us to batch upload images into categories,
add the geodata and select which ones could be fully downloaded as well
as using some kind of bandwidth saving measures. Any thoughts on this?
I appreciate any input that you can offer and I thank everyone for there
generous input in the past.
Dave Broer
Broer Map Library
http://www.broermapsonline.org/
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