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Re: First scan of Extraordinary Voyages

From: Sean Chamberlin <scxq28~at~home.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:07:22 -0700
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

James Keeline wrote:

>>>Considering the type of material, GIF or PNG formats would not cause the
anti-
aliasing which is typical of JPG. JPG is used for photographs and GIF/PNG
for logos and
the like.

It's easy enough to save in different formats. The real question is whether
the format we choose has adequate quality for 1) the web and 2) for
printing. It also might not be possible for everyone to view PNG. I am not
sure if all browsers and/or imaging software supports PNG. (I'm not a
graphics expert by any means so keep those suggestions coming!)

I'll post a GIF and PNG version and see how they look AND which file size is
smallest, which is a real issue for the web. As Stuart points out, the 25%
size is probably too small.

Stuart Williams wrote:

>>>>You've not specifically commented on any of the recent discussion
regarding
the possibility of me posting the scans you make as a reconstituted Atlas in
PDF form at the suggested www.verneatlas.f2s.com and forming a link
'portal' between Garmt's and your work and other sites as part of a joint
Verne Atlas linkup project to which all might contribute over time.

I think it's an excellent idea and I apologize for not responding more
overtly!

I can likewise save in PDF format and I can convert printed text to digital
text with OCR. It might be just as easy to retype the Foreward,
Introduction, Index and extensive Bibilography with Annotations, as well as
other textual content (again, with Ron's permission). Ultimately, I think
you'll want to hyperlink the Index to the images. I can send you the Index
as a scan (maybe as text) and that could provide a foundation for the web
version of the Atlas. The PDF version could be updated as additions and
modification are made.

My primary goal is to help make these materials available to students and
instructors. I will admit to being bound to 20K at the moment, so these
would be the first ones I would scan (see list below). But there are equally
impressive maps and drawings for other works, and I am happy to scan those
as well once 20K is complete.

What I think is important is that we decide which formats are the most
useful to start. If we post high-resolution, full-size images with the least
compression, then, theoretically, anyone can make them smaller or low-res as
they desire.

It also would be easy enough for me to send you a CD of all the images,
Stuart, once completed.

Ron Miller wrote:

>>>hopefully Sean might give me an idea of which ones would be the likeliest
candidates. By the way, the originals that I have here and most of the
photocopies are considerably sharper than their counterparts in the atlas.

Some of the images in the Atlas are probably unscannable in terms of
resolution, such as the two-page world map of all the voyage, the natural
division of land and water, the clouds, vegetation in the Andes and similar
images. But most are well-suited for scanning.

Okay, here's my initial wish list for images/content from the Atlas:

1) World voyages (the two pager)
2) The World of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
I. The Nautilus
4. The Pacific Ocean (featuring Crespo Island)
5. The Atlantic Ocean (with the Gulf Stream)
II. The Green Ray (describing the green flash which I have seen twice, once
from shore and once at sea)
14. South Norway (featuring the maelstrom, which I steamed through three
summers ago)
IV. Ruhmkorff coil (mentioned in the adaptation we are performing)
24. The Mediterranean (featuring the Arabian Tunnel and Santorin)
30. Antarctica (split to allow submarines to visit the south pole!)
VII. An Electric (an early version of a torpedo?)
65. West Indies (tracking Nautilus through the Bahamas and offshore of my
home state Florida)
75. Oceania (with a sperm whale)
79. Torres Strait (one of my favorites!)
XXI Nemo's Secret Island and the Abraham Lincoln (with an opposing page
description of the spars and rigging of a frigate
XXII Rouquayrol Apparatus (and everyone though Cousteau and Gagnan invented
Scuba)
XXIV Giant Squid and Narwhal (note: proper squid with 8 arms and 2
tentacles!)
XXV 19th Century submarines plus two following pages called The Source of
the Nautilus

I hope that helps, Ron, and I hope that list is not too greedy (!). I can
prioritize it further if that would help. Perhaps others can suggest images
of interest to them as well.

Thanks to all for your suggestions and support.

Sean

W. Sean Chamberlin, PhD
Online Coordinator/Assistant Professor
Fullerton College
drc~at~oceansonline.com
www.oceansonline.com
Received on Sat 14 Jul 2001 - 07:07:35 IDT

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