Abstracts

TDWG 2000: Digitising Biological Collections
Taxonomic Databases Working Group, 16th Annual Meeting
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, November 10-12, 2000

Melissa Tulig*, Anthony P. Kirchgessner* & Kevin E. Indoe*

Botanical information management at The New York Botanical Garden: 
herbarium specimen imaging project

* New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, USA.. 

[Poster presentation] 

 NYBG's most recent botanical information project is the imaging of herbarium specimens. High-resolution images are acquired using an instant capture professional digital camera. After capturing, images are processed in an automated fashion using Adobe Photoshop®. Processing includes naming, correcting the contrast and colour, sharpening, and creating different versions of the images. A version at the original resolution is archived to DVD, while mid-resolution and thumbnail versions are created for our online specimen catalogue (http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/). Future enhancements to the display of specimen images include the use of wavelet compression technology to increase file compression, transmission speed, and image quality.

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