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FW: RAIN 5/10: Burst Pipe Inundates NASA Photo Archives



Hey all,

Jim Lewin sent this to me earlier today, but for some reason couldn't get it
to the list, so I'm forwarding it at his request.

DS

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Daniel Sokolow, Archives Coordinator
David Taylor Archives
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
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mailto:dsokolow@nshs.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LewinJim@cs.com [SMTP:LewinJim@cs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:53 AM
> To:   DSokolow@nshs.edu
> Subject:      Re: RAIN 5/10: Burst Pipe Inundates NASA Photo Archives
>
> Daniel,
>
> Generally, I agree with your posting.  The fact is, if we were living in a
>
> wholly digital world and someone came up with this thin, fairly cheap
> stuff
> that would capture an image and hold it as such high resolution for tens
> (hundreds?) of years (i.e., film)...we'd all be jumping up and down.   At
> this point in the 21st Century, there is no cost-effective technology that
>
> will compete with film.
>
> Having said that, allow me to hasten to add that it is a damned shame that
> it
> takes something like a flood to get the "higher ups" to think in terms of
> digital conversion.  A question of priorities, no doubt.  But, even if we
> agree that film has a better resolution than most scanned images, we must
> certainly agree than any resolution captured in a scan is better than the
> total loss of the image.
>
> The good news is that many of the image archives maintained by the federal
>
> government are beginning the process.  We've completed the conversion for
> several agencies, and are hip-deep about a half-dozen more.  Its too bad
> that
> when I met with NASA a month or so ago I was told that conversion wasn't a
>
> priority.  Maybe that's changed?  Maybe its time for me to make another
> phone
> call.
>
> Jim Lewin
> President
> Image Delivery Systems
> 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
> Washington, DC 20003
> vox: 202.544.6884
> fax: 202.544.6889
> lewinjim@cs.com

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