Tool for creating thumbnail graphics archive?

[Peter Murray]

You may want to look at a project called "Borealis" we've been working here
in CWRU on-and-off.  It is a free image collection management system that
includes the automatic generation of thumbnails.  It also includes a
watermarking feature to assert ownership over images (this part may or may
not be useful to you).  From the project description:

  The Borealis image server is intended to address the need for creating a
  central place to store large numbers of images. The system itself is
  composed of widely available resources and could be easily reproduced at
  other sites at very little expense. The use of well-established standards
  ensures compatibility with existing Web servers and browsers. In situations
  where an institution wishes to put large numbers of images on-line, the
  advantages of such a system should be obvious. 

Version 2.0 is currently in development and will include a collection
administration system via web pages, support for (in fact, reliance on) the
PNG graphics format, a basic serach engine (via Harvest).  We expect to roll
it out this spring.  The URL for the project is:

  http://borealis.cwru.edu/

Hope this helps...


Peter

On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, KAREN SCHNEIDER wrote:

> Hi, folks, I was wondering if there was a  software package we
> could buy (freeware is fine, of course) which would help us
> create webpages to display thumbnails of graphics.  We are not
> loooking to create a massive digital library (today the NY office of
> the EPA--tomorow the world?) but rather are looking for a tool to
> automate creating a webpage intended to help staff select
> graphics for use in agency webpages.  We can do this by hand,
> of course, but if we can actually use software to enhance
> productivity, by gum that's the way to go.  If you're
> recommending stuff, our server is Unix-based and we work in a
> Windows 3.*/95 Novell 4* environment.
> 
> I saw something vaguely like what I was looking for in an
> O'Reilly book (the green CGI book), but the folks upstairs were
> hoping I could locate a canned package to do the job.  (I could
> propose we get the $5,000 webserver for InMagic, and use our
> local catalog for this project, but I suspect there is a cheaper
> answer.)
> 
> Karen G. Schneider/schneider.karen at epamail.epa.gov
> Contractor, GCI/Director, US EPA Region 2 Library
> http://www.epa.gov/Region2/library/
> 


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