-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: formats of map compression
Date:   Fri, 23 May 2008 22:41:01 -0700
From:   Matt Fox <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask]



Yes....PLLLLEEEAAAASSEEE make the full scans available in addition to
the browser plugin.  I understand there are some libraries that try to
make money from users for access to full scans, but I think most
libraries are putting maps online as free service to the public.  Some
browser plugins are OK, but many are terrible.  There is substitute
for the full scan.  Doesn't have to be the 300 megabyte TIFF file
(although in a perfect world you'd include that option).  Can be 5-10
megabyte Sid or JPG file.

Matt Fox

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Re: formats of map compression
> Date:   Thu, 22 May 2008 21:47:44 -0500
> From:   Dennis McClendon <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> May I just add to this discussion a plea to also make the full scan
> files downloadable by users, assuming your purpose is to make public-
> domain map imagery available to the public.  Scrolling around a
> limited viewing area in a browser gets very tedious when studying a
> map that was originally printed on a 50 x 80 cm sheet of paper.
>
>