Digital Imaging and The Early Sedgwick County Township Maps Project Sai Deng, Metadata Catalog Librarian, Wichita State University Libraries Tse-Min Wang, Graduate Student in CS, Wichita State University The Early Sedgwick County Township Maps Project Team Dr. Lorraine Madway, Curator of Special Collections and University Archivist Mary Nelson, Special Collections Sai Deng, Technical Services Tse-Min Wang, WSU Graduate Student, Computer Science The Context and Imaging Basics Some Image Archiving Sites American Memory form the Library of Congress Stuckenberg Map Collection at Gettysburg College http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/splash.php?CISOROOT=/sanborn-jp2 Jpeg2000 (in ContentDM) UIUC Historical Maps Online http://www.gettysburg.edu/library/gettdigital/maps/stuckenberg_maps.htm Jpeg2000 (in ContentDM) Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from University of Utah http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/view.html#map Gif or Jpeg; jpeg2000 (use Aware technology), downloadable images; Mr. Sid http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/maps/ Provides two options of viewing the maps: in Mr. Sid and in ContentDM Maps of Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/Milwaukee/index.html Presented in three formats: Zoomify, Jpeg2000 (in ContentDM), and Mr. SID The Context and Imaging Basics: Technical Infrastructure , Presentation and Preservation Imaging software available Aware Inc. ArchivePack: Imaging software, build upon Jpeg2000 (an ISO standard); Includes Aware JPEG2000 Image Server Toolki, JPEG2000 SDK (for image compression, decompression, and formatting), Batch Processor, JPX SDK (to add and remove metadata), and Metadata Editor. GeoExpress 6.1 Geospatial imaging software, can view both JPEG 2000 and Mr. SID (the industrystandard image compression format); Requires installing the server side scripts. ContentDM Support standards including Jpeg000, Dublin Core 1.1, VRA, XML, HTTP and OAI; Integrated OCR facilitating full-text search. LuraWave JP2 Developed by Lura Tech. Support Jpeg2000, and requires image content server; Lura Tech also has a free plug-in which enables viewing and saving JPEG2000 online: ActiveX Control for IE (Lura Tech) http://www.luratech.com/download/jp2 The Context and Imaging Basics: Technical Infrastructure , Presentation and Preservation Other Jpeg 2000 Viewers: JP2 View: local viewer, free; Zoomer Image Viewer 4.02E: local viewer, free; Zoom Image 2.0: limited zoom and pan function; online; has a small site license fee. Image creation: scanning… File management: file naming, Access DB, storage… Delivery Presentation File format, compression ratios Web browser capabilities Scaling, end user display capabilities… Digital preservation Image reliability, metadata, programs Continued usability of the collection, user interface security The Early Sedgwick County Township Maps Project About the map project Digitized maps of the Early Sedgwick County Townships and introduction materials; Include survey maps and atlas maps; Held in Special Collections and University Archives at Wichita State University Libraries. Project planning Scanning: outsourcing Survey maps at 400 dpi, atlas maps at 600 dpi, saved as tiff files originally. Selecting a Metadata Schema Image database design and metadata adjustment to comply with the Dublin Core Metadata Standard Web Delivery Delivery Each thumbnail is linked to a large access image providing detailed view; Microsoft Access database, ASP and XHTML. Interface design Homepage Web Delivery: Search Page Web Delivery: Browse Survey Maps Web Delivery: Browse Atlas Maps Image Management and Presentation Software Implementation of Zoomify EZ Software http://www.zoomify.com/express.htm; Zoomify Converter, Zoomify Viewer, Template web page and Quick Start guide Image conversion Set the Zoomify image path in the asp file View zoomed images online Image Management and Presentation Software Image zoom page Jpeg2000 Viewer Test Jpeg2000 Viewer Test ActiveX Control for IE (plug-in, from Lura Tech) was downloaded; Some tiff files (about 100 to 150 megabytes each) were converted to JPEG2000 format using LuraWave SmartCompress (free, downloaded from Lura Tech website); the compression rate is 22:1, and the converted files range from 5 to 7 mega byte each; The converted JPEG2000 files were put online first in the “JPEG 2000 Test” section of the “help” page, and then were added to “browse” page as a link below the thumbnail; This plug-in has very limited zoom function online, but it allows users to save the file; Decide not to enable saving of JPEG2000 images due to the copyright concerns. Jpeg2000 Viewer Test Jpeg2000 Viewer Test Other Standards Compliance XHTML 1.0 strict CSS 2 Section 508, the Federal Government Accessibility Guideline Discussion and Issues Imaging software Format: tiff, jpeg, jpeg 2000 Metadata: DC, VRA Core Image presentation and Web delivery Image preservation Collaboration … Note: the final project website is at: http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/wcf/townships/index.asp Thank you!