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elakdawalla
post Dec 14 2010, 08:35 PM
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I can't believe I haven't started a dedicated thread on this before now!! I wanted to open a discussion on the Planetary Society's plans to develop a website called AmateurSpaceImages.com, a place that will collect amateur-processed space images into one place that is easy to browse and search for great pictures, and from which you'll be able to share them easily via social networks. The organization of the site will be based on Photojournal, which is itself based on the way the PDS structures space data -- all images will be filed under the "target" and "mission" and "instrument," plus there will be image titles, captions, and correct credits; plus there'll be tags and a search feature. The site is currently under development and is planned for launch early next year (hopefully March, if the schedule doesn't slip). We're now raising funds from the community to support its development.

Some of you have been emailing me privately with questions; I think it'd be neater (and less effort for me smile.gif ) to have that discussion in the open, on this thread. If for some reason you'd like your question to be anonymous, you can email me and I'll post it here. Since this is a website we are creating especially for the community that has grown up in and around UMSF, I hope you will participate in its formation!


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post Jun 21 2012, 11:57 PM
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Hi all. To gloss over an eventful few months in a few words, I've ditched the programmer and am just about ready to launch amateurspaceimages.com as a part of the Society's new website, which, as it developed, had pretty much all the capability I needed built right in. It'll be based on the functionality of the Space Images section of the site -- browse that to enjoy the keyword searching and nice page-filling display of huge images -- but I've added in some extra bits and pieces like authorship of images (which means you'll be able to pull up a dynamic list of your own images that have been posted on the site). There are a couple of small pieces that I have to wrap up, but it should be ready for prime time before long. I am posting now because I am finally ready to make a call to people who produce a lot of images to help me populate the site. When the site goes live there will be a submission form to upload one image at a time (and of course a moderation process) but I can also perform a batch import of properly prepared images and metadata.

So if you would like to see your work included at amateurspaceimages.com, here is what you have to do. It is a bit of work to do this preparation and I hope not to have to do it all myself.

In a nutshell: For each image there needs to be a line in a spreadsheet or CSV file containing metadata.

Image files: -- JPG, GIF, or PNG format, any file size is fine. Best way to send lots of files is probably something like Dropbox or Google Drive.

Image metadata

Fill out attached spreadsheet with one line for each image submission. There is an example line in the spreadsheet to help you.

Attached File  amateur_image_metadata.txt ( 1.84K ) Number of downloads: 467


Explanations of the columns:

title: A few-word title for the image, used for display on website and for image alt text

filename: image filename

photo_credit: full credit line for the image

data_date (optional but desirable): date the original data was acquired. It's okay to use either Y/M/D, M/D/Y, or D/M/Y, as long as it's obvious to me which one you're using.

description: Paragraph used as caption and as short description in search results. 1 or 2 sentences. For usefulness in search, make sure it mentions the target and the spacecraft, good also to mention processor (you) by name.

body: Optional (but HIGHLY DESIRABLE) extended description of the image and how it was processed. If you've written a blog entry about the image, you could paste that here. Use basic HTML markup for formatting (<p>, <a>, <em>, <strong> all ok). Links to original data sources would be great. It's also fine to put here a teaser and link to something about the image on your own blog or website or, for that matter, on this forum. Or include none of this.

Finally: Anyone who has images on the site will also have a profile page that will index your image submissions. Here's a good example of an existing profile, of Ted Stryk. Please send me text and a 233x233 pixel photo to use for your profile!

I am hoping to make this live before I leave for vacation in July. I have enough images to go live with now, and can add batch submissions afterward. But the more, the merrier! Bring them on!!!


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- elakdawalla   AmateurSpaceImages.com   Dec 14 2010, 08:35 PM
- - Juramike   Since I'm one of the private e-mailers mention...   Dec 14 2010, 09:01 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Juramike @ Dec 14 2010, 01:01 PM) ...   Dec 14 2010, 09:16 PM
- - JohnVV   sounds good as I might be one of the content contr...   Dec 14 2010, 09:43 PM
- - elakdawalla   Another question asked of me through Facebook: ...   Dec 14 2010, 11:43 PM
- - JohnVV   as for licenses i have always used the orig. 90% o...   Dec 15 2010, 12:17 AM
- - eoincampbell   Will there be a place for those afraid of(or new t...   Dec 15 2010, 08:01 AM
- - DDAVIS   I have a number of such images, however most I wou...   Dec 15 2010, 09:11 AM
|- - tedstryk   I agree with Don on this one.   Dec 15 2010, 12:45 PM
- - elakdawalla   Don and Ted, just to be clear, this would mean the...   Dec 15 2010, 06:14 PM
|- - DDAVIS   ' just to be clear, this would mean there woul...   Dec 15 2010, 08:06 PM
- - hendric   Emily, Would posters such as Astro0 and Stu...   Dec 15 2010, 08:02 PM
- - ZLD   Forgive my ignorance, but outside of photographing...   Dec 15 2010, 08:12 PM
|- - DDAVIS   'Is it even possible to copyright images you h...   Dec 15 2010, 08:39 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 15 2010, 12:12 PM) Forgi...   Dec 15 2010, 09:51 PM
|- - DDAVIS   ' Copyright does not have to be explicitly sta...   Dec 15 2010, 10:00 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Yes. In general, under U.S. law both copyright an...   Dec 15 2010, 08:31 PM
- - djellison   Oh - I totally agree - it makes perfect sense to i...   Dec 15 2010, 10:08 PM
- - elakdawalla   Well, from a coding standpoint, I'd planned to...   Dec 15 2010, 10:16 PM
- - JohnVV   QUOTE Might an appropriate compromise be to say th...   Dec 15 2010, 10:21 PM
- - DDAVIS   "© [COPYRIGHT HOLDER], all rights reserved....   Dec 15 2010, 10:27 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (DDAVIS @ Dec 15 2010, 10:27 PM) ...   Dec 16 2010, 03:20 PM
- - Juramike   I agree with Ted. I've contacted through and ...   Dec 16 2010, 03:54 PM
- - elakdawalla   Comments are already planned to be included, but f...   Dec 16 2010, 05:19 PM
- - elakdawalla   A question for people interested in copyright. On...   Dec 16 2010, 09:20 PM
|- - tedstryk   I like to know, but that is fine so long as credit...   Dec 17 2010, 12:10 AM
|- - DDAVIS   ' Don, Ted, is it OK for people to share reduc...   Dec 17 2010, 01:09 AM
- - elakdawalla   Just a quick note to tell everyone that we've ...   Jan 22 2011, 11:04 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I had a thought about a category of images for the...   Mar 13 2011, 05:34 AM
- - JAC   This all looks very exciting - lots of lovely imag...   Mar 14 2011, 12:34 PM
- - paxdan   Hi Emily, Is there an update on the launch date ...   May 24 2011, 04:31 PM
- - elakdawalla   I'm sorry about the slowness. The developer i...   May 24 2011, 07:40 PM
- - elakdawalla   Just an update. Progress is still being made but ...   Oct 21 2011, 07:41 PM
- - nprev   No worries, E.; I'm certain that it will be we...   Oct 22 2011, 10:41 PM
- - CosmicRocker   I'm sorry, Emily, but this is ridiculous. The...   Oct 26 2011, 05:03 AM
- - jasedm   Curious. A contract with the Planetary Society wou...   Oct 26 2011, 07:12 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 25 2011, 09:03 ...   Oct 26 2011, 07:22 PM
- - JohnVV   QUOTE to keep riding the programmer, who, in the m...   Oct 26 2011, 10:46 PM
- - nprev   Everyone, just a general thought: One thing I...   Oct 27 2011, 03:37 AM
|- - centsworth_II   Programmer's view: being bit in ass. Custome...   Oct 27 2011, 12:42 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 26 2011, 02:22 PM)...   Oct 28 2011, 03:43 AM
- - jasedm   Hi Emily, Is there any progress you're able t...   Jan 25 2012, 09:12 PM
- - elakdawalla   Yes. After a long period of being MIA, the progra...   Jan 25 2012, 09:34 PM
- - jasedm   Thanks Emily, Looking forward to it! Jase   Jan 26 2012, 06:25 PM
- - machi   From Emily's twitter: "In 2 weeks you wil...   Apr 12 2012, 08:54 AM
- - djellison   The redesign of TPS's website.   Apr 12 2012, 01:08 PM
- - elakdawalla   Yeah, sorry. I had to redirect my attention to our...   Apr 12 2012, 03:25 PM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Apr 12 2012, 05:25 P...   Apr 13 2012, 05:25 AM
|- - climber   I fully second this...and not only because I'm...   Apr 13 2012, 01:46 PM
- - elakdawalla   Hi all. To gloss over an eventful few months in a ...   Jun 21 2012, 11:57 PM
- - elakdawalla   Okay...it's been a busy week, and I've lea...   Jun 30 2012, 06:19 AM
- - ngunn   Massive congratulations on the launch. For a start...   Jun 30 2012, 06:41 AM
- - nprev   Looks great, Emily! Gotta get off my shiny...   Jun 30 2012, 08:02 AM
- - Explorer1   Might want to change the title of the thread; ther...   Jun 30 2012, 07:38 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Jun 30 2012, 12:38 PM)...   Jun 30 2012, 11:42 PM
- - ngunn   As a mere spectator I have no images to contribute...   Jun 30 2012, 09:42 PM
- - elakdawalla   I'd like to encourage people like you to submi...   Jun 30 2012, 11:14 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 1 2012, 12:14 AM...   Jul 1 2012, 09:50 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (ngunn @ Jul 1 2012, 01:50 PM) Isn...   Jul 2 2012, 03:26 PM
- - machi   So the test was successful and your work is workin...   Jul 1 2012, 01:08 AM
- - lyford   Thanks Emily for all your hard work - it looks rea...   Jul 1 2012, 03:52 PM
- - Tom Dahl   I attempted to upload a JPEG image which is about ...   Jul 1 2012, 07:37 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Tom Dahl @ Jul 1 2012, 11:37 AM) I...   Jul 2 2012, 03:23 PM
- - ngunn   Thanks and understood - so the two places are effe...   Jul 2 2012, 07:40 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (ngunn @ Jul 2 2012, 11:40 AM) Than...   Jul 2 2012, 09:14 PM
||- - ngunn   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 2 2012, 10:14 PM) ...   Jul 2 2012, 10:08 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (ngunn @ Jul 2 2012, 11:40 AM) It...   Jul 2 2012, 10:10 PM
- - Explorer1   There's always the Internet Archive, but even ...   Jul 2 2012, 09:05 PM
- - ngunn   I've said enough here. Really I just want to c...   Jul 2 2012, 10:27 PM
- - elakdawalla   Hi folks, just an update. I have streamlined a lot...   Sep 12 2012, 05:01 AM
- - JohnVV   slight problem with the site the formatting dose ...   Sep 12 2012, 05:26 AM
- - elakdawalla   Thanks. I probably won't be able to investigat...   Sep 12 2012, 03:43 PM
- - elakdawalla   Status update: I've finished importing the ima...   Sep 19 2012, 04:09 AM
- - ngunn   I have a query about the zoomify facility increasi...   Oct 13 2012, 12:02 PM
- - elakdawalla   I've been working on some stuff in the back en...   Oct 26 2012, 12:18 AM
|- - kemcab2012   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 25 2012, 07:18 P...   Nov 1 2012, 01:52 PM
- - elakdawalla   We have recently added two new capabilities to the...   May 18 2013, 10:31 PM
- - elakdawalla   We've been putting a lot of work into the spac...   Nov 8 2013, 11:13 PM


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