Zoomify Viewer for the Venice Project…
June 5th, 2008 Posted in Home, MapsI’ve been experimenting with various ways to serve VERY high resolution images over the internet efficiently, and I recently came across a GREAT little app called Zoomifier EZ! I’ve used the Zoomifier EZ application to batch process our 400dpi TIF images of historic maps into tile sets that can be Viewed using the Zoomify Viewer Shockwave Flash Viewer. Once these tile sets have been created, I use a Python script to parse the folders created and write a custom HTML viewer window for each tile set, based upon the original image dimensions. Check out the results in the Venice Project pages, and let me know what you think!
Previously, we have been making the high resolution images available as compressed JP2000 files, thoough this solution requires 3rd party viewers or plugins that can be difficult to install and are not supported across different browser types. What I really like about the Zoomify solution is that I can serve VERY high quality images in a browser based viewer, that only requires that Shockwave be installed. We’re still providing access to the non-tiled JP2000 files, for those who would like to view or make use of the images in applications such as ArcGIS, but the Zoomify solution provides use with an easy to use and intuitive interface for the general public to view our holding. Enjoy!
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