Mgellis Posted March 1, 2013 Report Posted March 1, 2013 Just a thought... I've noticed that with many of the entries in the HUD-4, if you click the picture button, you get a "media not found" response. Should Gunny consider using public domain images from the Wikipedia Commons to add images to the HUD-4? There are a huge number of these images, many of them created by the US government and therefore in the public domain, and many others covered under a Creative Commons license. I'm not sure what's involved in doing this or if there are any restrictions on these images (Gunny does not make money from the database as far as I know, but if it is included with Harpoon, which is sold for a profit, does that create any issues?) Obviously, this is not a high priority, but it would be nice. People like pictures. Quote
TonyE Posted March 1, 2013 Report Posted March 1, 2013 When we did imagery for HC and ANW with Darren the images came from defenseimagery.mil. Each image has to be checked for copyright individually (which consists of looking at the image metadata) once downloaded. In our experience that was the easy part. Then you have to format the images and apply any watermarks Gunny wants shown (Darren was very into a specific overlay for HUD images). For posterity one would also maintain a listing stating the source of the image (such as defenseimagery.mil and its original VIRIN and whatever other information would be handy. Ideally you would also keep an archive of the original images for when the next great presentation mechanism pops up. Then the coordination with Gunny starts, organizing and numbering the media in a way you both agree upon. If I were Gunny I'd want to spend my time editing the database, not messing with images but maybe if enough of the work was done for him he would incorporate it? But yes, agreed, people like eye candy. As for Wikipedia Commons, I would put any copyright status listed there under intense scrutiny by going back to the source. Not all US Government images are public domain though the vast majority do fall under that category. Quote
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