The Musée du Louvre has launched an English language version of Atlas, its online database that currently contains over 22,000 digital images and records (with the goal of making all 35,000 works on permanent display available). Many images include details or multiple views. This English version was made possible through the American Friends of the…
ARTstor’s collection of QTVR videos continues to grow – there are now more than 1,300, covering many sites and monuments worldwide. To find them, search on QTVR (optional: add a location to the search, e.g. QTVR Paris). Under each thumbnail is a highlighted “QTVR” label – click on this and the file will open in…
Last week we got a demonstration of The Wall at the CalIT2 center at UC San Diego by Professor Lev Manovich and post-doctoral student Jeremy Douglass. As stated on their website, they believe that “a systematic use of large-scale computational analysis and interactive visualization of cultural data sets and data streams will become a major…
This week NASA and ASTER (Japan’s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) released a new and more complete digital topographic map of Earth. Best of all, it is available online to users everywhere at no cost. NASA’s press release is here, with links to downloading the ASTER global digital elevation model
Accessceramics.org is a collaborative database project which allows users to contribute images of contemporary ceramics for educational purposes. It was started by Ted Vogel and Margo Ballantyne at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, and it uses Flickr image software to upload, organize and display the images. It can be browsed by artist name, media,…
Make it Digital: This new site, provided by the New Zealand government, includes loads of helpful hints and answers to difficult questions about how to digitize (technically, legally, aesthetically).