the mutis collection of botanical drawings
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Descripción del proyecto: digitalización de los dibujos del "Fondo Mutis" del Archivo del Centro para su publicación en Internet a través de la web del Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid - CSIC.TRANSCRIPT
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The Mutis collection of Botanical drawings
Francisco Pando
GBIF SpainReal Jardín Botánico - CSIC
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The Royal Botanical Expedition to the New Kingdom of
Granada
• Set by the Spanish Crown
• A most ambitious Nat.Hist. survey
• From 1783 to 1817• Led by José Celestino
Mutis (Cádiz, 1732-Bogotá, 1808)
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• Based in Mariquita and Bogotá
• Focused on –but not limited to- the Magdalena River Valley (Colombia)
• C. 40 draughtsmen worked for the “Expedition”
• School of a generation of naturalists in America
• No printed work (until 1954)
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The Mutis Expedition
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The drawings
• Considered among the finest in the world
• By American draughtsmen
• 7181:– 5604 large format,
color– 984 “anatomies”– 591 “appendices”
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The digitalization project
• A no-project• Move by enthusiam and
self-support• Databasing mostly done
before hand• 6 month time• Over 15.000 digital
images• “To scan and make
available”
http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/kids_books_9780316358163.htm
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Capture
• No physical contact• 3 sensors (RGB)• Cold, UV-free litghting• Ruler• Color guide card• Data card• Barcode
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EquipmentA0 flat cenital scanner (I2S DigiBook 1000RGB)
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EquipmentA0 flat cenital scanner (I2S DigiBook 1000RGB)
Dedicated image serverMulticore, Raid, …Erez Enterprise (Adobe)
-GBIF-Spain hosting--
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Images
• 379 x 379 DPI• c. 109 MPixels• c. 320 MB• TIFF
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Images
• 379 x 379 DPI• c. 109 MPixels• c. 320 MB• TIFF
• 320MB x 15,000=4.8TB• Add redundancy: 14TB
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Images in Web
• Cropped• TIFF• Pyramidal• 379 DPI• 1 file
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Lessons learnt
• Size matters– Resources & time– UPS over FTP– Hash checking
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Lessons learnt
• Size matters– Resources & time– UPS over FTP– Hash checking
• World is big:– 1000-2000 visits per
day
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Sustainability, dissemination, integration:GBIF
http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/9092/
http://data.gbif.org 321,064,406 data records8,842 datasets
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Visit us at: www.rjb.csic.es/icones/mutis
We were:
Félix Muñoz GarmendiaEsther García GuillénGloria Pérez de RadaCristina Borreguero GilCovadonga DopicoGonzalo NietoJavier GilFrancisco Pando (Contact)
GBIF SpainReal Jardín Botánico - CSICClaudio Moyano 1, 28014
Madrid, [email protected]
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