Hello everybody! I've been working on a bash script to rip the high quality images from the Google Art Project.
From what I understand, all depictions of the original works go under
PD-Art, even though Google claims otherwise in their FAQ. What I'm wondering is whether anyone is interested in helping me rip all these images. There are a lot of images to rip, and each rip takes at least an hour. All you need is a GNU/Linux OS and some basic knowledge on using the terminal.
I would be very interested in this project. Can't you automate this process?
I am also very curious of the reaction from Google's side. Will you be making a page explaining what you have done (after you've done it) with contact information to facilitate a discussion on this topic?
Best,
Maarten Zeinstra
Kennisland | Knowledgeland
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On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:15 , Beao at Toolserver.org wrote:
Hello everybody! I've been working on a bash script to rip the high quality images from the Google Art Project.
From what I understand, all depictions of the original works go under PD-Art, even though Google claims otherwise in their FAQ. What I'm wondering is whether anyone is interested in helping me rip all these images. There are a lot of images to rip, and each rip takes at least an hour. All you need is a GNU/Linux OS and some basic knowledge on using the terminal.
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I see "NPG, reloaded" coming our way...
Note that Commons already has plenty of images from at least some of these museums, e.g.: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh_Museum
For the rest, we could just ask them "now that Google has put images online, can we too?", then go and take our own pictures.
Too radical? ;-)
Magnus
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Beao at Toolserver.org beao@toolserver.org wrote:
Hello everybody! I've been working on a bash script to rip the high quality images from the Google Art Project. From what I understand, all depictions of the original works go under PD-Art, even though Google claims otherwise in their FAQ. What I'm wondering is whether anyone is interested in helping me rip all these images. There are a lot of images to rip, and each rip takes at least an hour. All you need is a GNU/Linux OS and some basic knowledge on using the terminal.
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You can make your own pictures if you have a 7 Gigapixel camera ;-) In this video they show how google works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1EOJr11bvo
Also if highres-cameras from gigapan.org are cheap available you need time and the right light in the museum.
We still have some technics on commons to get high resolution images from websites: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Zoomable_images This seems the right place for documentation.
But I'm not sure perhaps better to ask friendly or to wait until more images from museums are online. Not sure if the museums are happy if we take the pictures and present it in a format that you can easily print out....
Greetings
Am 04.02.2011 14:12, schrieb Magnus Manske:
I see "NPG, reloaded" coming our way...
Note that Commons already has plenty of images from at least some of these museums, e.g.: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh_Museum
For the rest, we could just ask them "now that Google has put images online, can we too?", then go and take our own pictures.
Too radical? ;-)
Magnus
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Beao at Toolserver.org beao@toolserver.org wrote:
Hello everybody! I've been working on a bash script to rip the high quality images from the Google Art Project. From what I understand, all depictions of the original works go under PD-Art, even though Google claims otherwise in their FAQ. What I'm wondering is whether anyone is interested in helping me rip all these images. There are a lot of images to rip, and each rip takes at least an hour. All you need is a GNU/Linux OS and some basic knowledge on using the terminal.
-- Beao
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On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Kolossos tim.alder@s2002.tu-chemnitz.de wrote:
You can make your own pictures if you have a 7 Gigapixel camera ;-)
I can make my own pictures if I have a 6 megapixel camera as well. I just can't make /the same/ pictures as Google, at least not easily.
The question is if leeching a couple of 7 gigapixel images to Commons is worth p*****g off the GLAMs (and Google).
I think it's not, and the exchange on the cultural-partners mailing list about this topic seems to agree with me. These few pictures could set back any months (years even) of efforts for good collaborations with the GLAMs.
Aaah, politics...
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