On 21/09/06, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/21/06, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> It'll come, it'll come. Dumping
everything onto disk scans in the
> first instance. Just under two years doubling time. You won't be
> *able* to buy a disk smaller than a petabyte in twenty years.
Who is going to do the physical scanning?
Some dedicated fools, I expect.
Another issues is OS maps over 50 years old. All
public domain but a
pain to scan. It would be nice if the UK branch of wikimedia could do
something but I doubt we could get hold of the equipment.
There *must* be efforts to this end. If not, it'd be an ideal project
for Wikimedia UK to look at when it's operational.
[cc to wmuk-l]
- d.