National Monuments Record.
I turned gloomily to look at the English equivalent, the National Monuments Record The National Monuments Record is the public archive of English Heritage. It holds an archive of over 10 million historic photographs, plans, drawings, reports, records and publications covering England's archaeology, architecture, social and local history. which was crazily relocated in far distant Swindon. Blow me down, the NMR NMR: see magnetic resonance. has already digitized 15 000 of its terrific photos of listed English buildings. This, the home page announces, is a prototype for a grander enterprise and you are supposed to give them feedback. I suggested they look at American Memory American Memory is an Internet-based archive for public domain image resources, as well as audio, video, and archived Web content. It is published by the Library of Congress. The archive came into existence on October 13, 1994 after $13,000,000 was raised in donations. for its clarity - but whatever they decide about its organization and accessibility by next year, someone won't like it. Maybe they should just get on and digitize To convert an image or signal into digital code by scanning, tracing on a graphics tablet or using an analog to digital conversion device. 3D objects can be digitized by a device with a mechanical arm that is moved onto all the corners. the next half million or however many images they own. Ominously there's a section on fees, which I didn't dare look at. Even the big museums here are reverting to free access. Still, try it out and add your comments at www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
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