Hi
(Not used to posting in mailing lists, so please excuse if I'm doing it wrong.)
We have the same problem with some of our large maps that we uploaded as tifs (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:UB_Basel_Maps), uploaded via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMwiki_Toolset.
The latest reply we got: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111941#1649859 " btw, be advised that due to quirks in how we render tiff thumbnails, the limit on large files where we don't display thumbnails is much higher for the first page then the other page, so we might not display later pages on some of your really big files."
The task has been moved to 'Done' - but I'd very much like if this could be fixed. Or if at least - for future uploads by other institutions - there was a warning about that _before_ you start uploading.
Prominent example: Mercator's world map from 1569, scanned in 3 stripes https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UBBasel_Map_1569_Kartenslg_AA_3-5.ti.... To see all 3 pages you have to click on the link 'Original file'.
Manuela Schwendener Basel University Library http://www.ub.unibas.ch https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Basel_University_Library
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Glamtools [mailto:glamtools-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Fæ Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2015 12:56 An: Conversations revolving around the development of GLAM Digital Tools Betreff: Re: [Glamtools] TIFF error when using Bulk Uploader
Large TIFFs can be problematic. For the some of my past projects relying on TIFFs, I have created PNG files and JPEGs to help with their reuse, but always uploaded the original TIFF. Note that at the current time TIFFs cannot be browsed in the media player, so they are not ideal if you want the images to be used on Wikipedia articles etc.
A relevant past discussion about this is at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T67217
Fae
On 27 October 2015 at 11:28, McGregor, Nora Nora.McGregor@bl.uk wrote:
Hi Folks! I’m trying to upload some high-res TIFFS using the bulk uploader tool however in Beta it’s struggling with creating the thumbnails:
Example:
http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Tracing_of_Field_S heet_9_(WOOS-18-3).tif
Does this reflect the reality of how my upload will render on thelive site?
When using the bulk uploader am I limited to using .jpgs?The original link to the URL for uploading is here: http://www.webarchive.org.uk/bldatasets/WOA/WOOS_18_3.tif Is it because TIFFS don’t render in the browser that the bulk uploader isn’t able to grab it and display in the same way as the jpg? Please advise, hoping to get these up asap and would prefer to use TIFFS. Cheers!
Nora McGregor British Library @ndalyrose
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