{"id":411,"date":"2009-08-05T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2009\/08\/05\/how-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2009-08-05T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T20:35:00","slug":"how-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2009\/08\/05\/how-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How in the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/p>\n<div>How does an old paper map become a digital image that can be used on the internet and in GIS?<\/p>\n<p>First the map is selected and brought back to Brandon\u2019s work station <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8_Fszb0X5EE\/Snnt9VEMD-I\/AAAAAAAAAB8\/lQ5JY-E4ikA\/s320\/20090728_Brandon_Jeff_Blog_0017.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>Brandon carefully aligns the map in the scanner so it is nice and straight<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_8_Fszb0X5EE\/SnnuKCMnR2I\/AAAAAAAAACE\/3JiLcMHI64A\/s320\/20090728_Brandon_Jeff_Blog_0011.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>After the map has been loaded into the scanner, Brandon tells the computer to scan the image<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The scanner sends the digital information to his computer screen where an identical image of the paper map is created<\/p>\n<p>Using software designed to adjust photos and images Brandon makes sure the image is straight and readable. The image is then saved and able to be viewed on computer screens.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8_Fszb0X5EE\/Snnuf0VapMI\/AAAAAAAAACM\/m93AAw7OtqQ\/s320\/screenshot.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>In the next \u201cHow in the World?\u201d we\u2019ll show you how we give the scanned map geographic reference data so that it can be used in a GIS.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does an old paper map become a digital image that can be used on the internet and in GIS? First the map is selected and brought back to Brandon\u2019s work station Brandon carefully aligns the map in the scanner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2009\/08\/05\/how-in-the-world\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,573,200],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}