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google books

pjproby · 2008-11-30 13:54:32

anyone understand how google scan books and index the pages? the books are obviously photographed, the occasional human finger/hand has been spotted holding the pages down. what type of camera is used? how are the pages indexed?

30-11-2008 1:54pm

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pjproby

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anyone understand how google scan books and index the pages? the books are obviously photographed, the occasional human finger/hand has been spotted holding the pages down. what type of camera is used? how are the pages indexed?

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#2 30-11-2008 1:59pm

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Dunno what equipment they use but here's some general info on how this kind of thing is usually done:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_scanning#Book_scanning_by_organizations_on_a_large_scale

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Gambler
thanks for that-much appreciated.

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