Apologies to Shekhar for messing up his name - mea culpa! Jeff On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mikel - your typing is atrocious! ; ) But, your presentation is hot stuff! > I love it!!! > > Team - this is fantastic, exactly the type of stuff I think will be > critical to showing historical mapping in action - the complete workflow of > raster to vector for old stuff. we're tracking down some old aerials here > in the pac nw, as well. > > Shenkar & team - any thoughts on storage? I'm slowly, but surely, cobbling > together some storage space, but have been a little sidetracked lately. The > machine that's almost ready has 6TB of space. > > I like the kickstarter idea - I think if we can get 1 sample up and > running, it would go a long way > > Thanks, Jeff > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Steve Doerr <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Can I just say that Thomas Bodley would no doubt be most distressed to >> be confused with his namesake, Thomas Bodely! >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> On 05/04/2013 16:28, Andy Robinson wrote: >> >> Hi Mikel, should have some more info on the Sheffield holding (photos >> and description) either over the w/e or in a weeks time. I’m expecting them >> to be mostly boxed sets and the coverage mainly focussed on northern >> England.**** >> >> Useful to know about your Bodelian experience.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cheers**** >> >> Andy**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Mikel Maron [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] >> >> *Sent:* 05 April 2013 16:20 >> *To:* Steve Doerr; [email protected]; [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [OHM] Fwd: [Talk-GB] Aerial Photographs**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Amazing. Sounds like a similar cache to what's held at Bodelian in >> Oxford. This collection of images was acquired by RAF over British >> Colonies, and other nations, in order to make ordnance survey maps. There's >> over 500K images there. I've explored it once, and >> found/scanned/composited/georeferenced/tiled Nairobi from 1961. As it was >> just 50 years, it was out of copyright (copyright in the case of these >> images is presumably owned by the country they were acquired in, even if >> they were then a colony).**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Did a short presentation on this a couple weeks ago.**** >> >> http://files.groundtruth.in/presentations/geodc-historic/#17**** >> >> ** ** >> >> My thinking around next step was something like a Kickstarter to do 10 >> more global, out of copyright cities, and build a site to start >> distributing and promoting the imagery.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> It's really amazing stuff, a time machine. Excited to see what's in the >> Sheffield cache. Also, we might be able to ask for guidance on storage from >> the Bodelian, they were very helpful when I was working with the archive. >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> -Mikel**** >> >> ** ** >> >> * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron**** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Steve Doerr <[email protected]> >> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, April 5, 2013 6:08 AM >> *Subject:* [OHM] Fwd: [Talk-GB] Aerial Photographs**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Given the 'historic' nature of this material, I thought I would copy this >> here. >> >> Steve**** >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- **** >> >> *Subject: * >> >> [Talk-GB] Aerial Photographs**** >> >> *Date: * >> >> Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:54:04 +0100**** >> >> *From: * >> >> Andy Robinson <[email protected]> <[email protected]>**** >> >> *To: * >> >> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Folks,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Sheffield University has some surplus aerial imagery that could be >> available**** >> >> to us if we wish to have it. Its described as a considerable collection**** >> >> (amounting to around 6 filling**** >> >> cabinets) of UK (mostly England, and mainly northern England) black & >> white**** >> >> 9" x 9" photographic prints, dating from around WWII to the early 1980s.**** >> >> There are a few index sheets, many of the boxed sets are labelled.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I've asked for some more details so that we might consider storage**** >> >> requirements (They are currently temporarily stored in a garage but need >> to**** >> >> be in a dry low humidity room really) and should get some photos of what >> it**** >> >> all looks like in the next few days.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> In the meantime two questions for UK OSMers:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 1. Do you think this is a resource that we should go for and build upon as >> a**** >> >> sub-project within OSM?**** >> >> 2. How should we best deal with physical storage until such time as items**** >> >> can be digitised. The question about what to do with documents (same >> applies**** >> >> to all the map sheets I have) after digitising can be left till a later**** >> >> date.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I'm less worried about scanning and managing the files now as I have**** >> >> sufficient scanning equipment to cover most bases and disk space attached >> to**** >> >> an OSM sever doesn't appear to be an issue. We would need to come up with**** >> >> tools and methods of turning them into a seamless mosaic but I'm sure >> given**** >> >> the task there's a workable solution for that too.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> All thoughts, suggestions and offers welcome.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cheers**** >> >> Andy**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________**** >> >> Talk-GB mailing list**** >> >> [email protected]**** >> >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Historic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >> >> **** >> ------------------------------ >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.3267 / Virus Database: 3162/6224 - Release Date: 04/04/13 >> **** >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Historic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >> >> > > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas > www.gwhat.org > [email protected] > 206-676-2347 > > OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> osm: Open Historical Map > (OHM) <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM > user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> > t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> > f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory> > > > > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347 OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> osm: Open Historical Map (OHM)<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
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