[PRCo] Re: Scanning Archives

[Jim Keener]

One of the things I've wanted to do for a while was develop software
where you could put the pic on a map, zoom on pics, and show all the old
routes on teh map and how they changed over time. So, basically
everything you said, so, if you need any help I have a bit of time to
spare on weekends.
I've also wanted to do something similar for newspaper clippings.  Where
you could zoom in on sections like google books and search the OCRed
text and then search it &c.

Jim

On 05/17/2011 06:09 PM, Stephen Titchenal wrote:
> If you get to the point of starting to scan images, I've developed a
> database system for organizing photos. It allows you to view images, enter
> details and locate by milepost (or stop). You can then search/sort by any
> entered field and print out catalogs with thumbnails. Sorting by milepost
> allows you to more easily recognize misidentified photos. I've already
> started entering information on the various trolley lines in the Pittsburgh
> area. Using the right of way paths I am creating in a GIS, it could allow
> milepost numbers to be placed geographically.
>
> I originally developed it to catalog a 1700+ photo collection of the
> Wheeling and Lake Erie RR that is housed at Cleveland State University that
> I am still working on.
>
> Stephen Titchenal
> www.railsandtrails.com
>
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>
>  Ed, Crich in the UK managed to get grants and start a comprehensive
> professional scanning programme. You are so right, scanning does not require
> much skill--just methodology and cleanliness--but identifying and captioning
> the scans is the big issue. They used to regularly publish unknown images in
> their journal with some success. But, as we have found on this listserve,
> unknown images can produce lots of doubtful responses or guesses.
>
>
> Tom Parkinson P.Eng, Vancouver BC Canada 604-733-5430, fax 604-733-5437 
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