[Foundation-l] Britannica

[geni]

2009/6/10 Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com>:
> I can not help share this with you.
>
> I was looking for the name "devouard" in a little tool I just discovered
> today (TouchGraph).
>
> And I was surprised to discover that the word "devouard" was highly
> linked to the Hoggar plateau (Ahaggar) in Algeria. I consequently
> clicked on the central point apparently refering to "devouard".
>
> I found this page:
> http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/9966/Ahaggar/9966rellinks/Related-Links
>
> Yeah, that's on britannica. There is a little picture on the top left
> hand side. Click on the picture.
>
> Now, check out http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoggar3.jpg
>
> The resolution is rather low because these were picts taken by my
> husband and he did not give me permission to upload the high res ones he
> took.
>
> But frankly, I am super pleased to find out that one of the pict I
> uploaded 4 years ago are now featured in Britannica :-)
>
> Ant

The resolution isn't something they seem too worried about. If you
click the see full size on

http://cache.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/582651/116920/Pewter-tankard

It's well below the 2,349 × 2,728 image on commons:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pewter_Tankard.jpg

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geni