Re: PDF or JPEG for map scanning?

Voytek Eymont wrote:
> I only scan A4 size docs, and, have no experience with larger sizes, but,
> I still think TIFF is the format to look at, I use TIFF-F for multi page
> docs

Thanks Voytek and all. I have dropped in the first batch of 100 maps today to the 
scanning bureau. They would have by default used PDF but when I asked if they could 
do tiff they can. I mentioned that the users will be wishing to edit the images and 
they said that generally the Windows users would need the CS range of Adobe suite to 
edit them, tiff would be better then for them.

 From the tiff I'll make jpg and pdf using ImageMagick.

One thing I'll be trying out is Google Docs. With about 250 maps all needing meta 
data recorded for them I'm planning to use online collaboration to enter this 
metadata. A smaller jpg of each scan will be put up on a web site each numbered.
I have a Google spreadsheet with each image on a row and various headings like 
CaveNo., Title, Description, width, height. Then collaborators will be invited to 
download a batch of images, and enter the meta data into the spreadsheet.

This will be an interesting exercsie. Hopefully many will have a Google account so 
they can do this.

Mike
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