--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 10:44:45 -0700 From: Kevin Howald <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: Sample scan of old AMS-series index - in DjVu format Sender: Kevin Howald <[log in to unmask]> Hi - Mary Larsgaard suggested that I let MAPS-L know about the DjVU testing I did with her scanned index maps of Hokkaido. DjVu is a new software technology from LizardTech specifically designed for scanned documents. From the large JPEG files provided by Mary, I created a single DjVu document file that has the front and back pages of the Hokkaido index map, plus hyperlinks. The file is only 416 KB and the image quality is fantastic. To create the DjVu file I used the DjVu Solo encoder product, which is free for non-commercial purposes from LizardTech. It can be downloaded from: http://www.lizardtech.com/cgi-bin/products/desc.pl?tsb=25733 If anyone is interested in seeing the Hokkaido index map in DjVu format, please let me know via email ([log in to unmask]) and I would be happy to send it as an email attachment. Regards. Kevin Howald "We Make Imaging Work. Everywhere." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kevin Howald LizardTech, Inc. telephone: 1-330-928-5672 facsimile: 1-330-928-5673 email: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://www.lizardtech.com LizardTech Confidential Information. Copyright © 2001, LizardTech, Inc. All rights reserved. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie Sutherland To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 5/8/2001 1:56 PM Subject: Sample scan of old AMS-series index - is this useful to you? <fwd> --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 09:58:05 -0700 From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Sample scan of old AMS-series index - is this useful to you? Sender: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Reply-To: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Over the years, one type of query that keeps popping up is requests for copies of the old AMS map-series index. A few months back Paige Andrew (Penn) and I were talking about this and I offered to have us here scan a sample. Just to try it out, the scanning staff here scanned one such index (both sides), at 200dpi. http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/~mary/hokkaido_front.jpg http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/~mary/hokkaido_back.jpg a. Would it be useful to you/your library's users to have all the old AMS indexes scanned and available over the Web? Please tell me specifically how your users or you as a map librarian would use these. (I have a couple of obvious ideas on this - e.g., fill in missing indexes; users can check over web to see what sheet numbers are, etc..... - but am sure you will come up with others). b. Are the files too large? should they be scanned at, say, 150 or 100dpi, or sampled down? ______________________________________ Mary Lynette Larsgaard Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93106 telephone: 805/893-4049 fax: 805/893-8799 email: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________ --- End Forwarded Message --- --- End Forwarded Message ---