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Poster:	aronsson	Date:	October 31, 2005 09:14:45am
Forum:	texts	Subject:	fold-out maps or illustration plates

I found an interesting description of the Internet Archvie bookscanner at CNET, http://news.com.com/An+open-source+rival+to+Googles+book+project/2100-1025_3-5915690.html

How does it handle large fold-out maps or illustration plates?

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Poster:	stbalbach	Date:	November 04, 2005 02:25:31pm
Forum:	texts	Subject:	Re: fold-out maps or illustration plates

There is a fold-out map in the book "Across Persia" (Million Book Project), towards the end, which you can see how it looks (you can see someones fingers on the edge holding it flat).

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Poster:	aronsson	Date:	November 07, 2005 07:24:33am
Forum:	texts	Subject:	Re: fold-out maps or illustration plates

In the DjVu applet, it looks as if the fold-out map is a lot smaller than the other pages. I assume the same camera was used, but zoomed out to capture the entire map. This means the true resolution (dots per inch of paper) is so much lower. This is hardly satisfying (it makes the smaller text impossible to read and it doesn't give the reader any idea of how large the map really is). But still, it is better than the totally missing fold-outs that I have seen in one old book on Google Print, http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=cQRQF9tuPWEC&dq=dampmaskinen&prev=http://print.google.com/print%3Fq%3Ddampmaskinen&lpg=PP1&pg=PT19&printsec=0

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Poster:	Birdland	Date:	January 05, 2008 06:32:43pm
Forum:	texts	Subject:	Re: fold-out maps or illustration plates

This is one of the longest urls I have ever seen.

Can anyone show one of the best satellite photos on the net. They always say you can read a cigarette pack from space but I have yet to see an image that fine.

The Birdman is watching you.