[Kstars-devel] questions re: gathering images

[Jason Harris]

Hi Glenn,

On Thursday 30 November 2006 11:47, Glenn Becker wrote:
> All -
>
> I have put six NGC images here to kick off my KStars Herschel 400 "farm":
>
> http://burningc.freeshell.org/KStars/
>
Great, looks like a good start.

> So first question - is there a specific person to whom should I be sending
> these files? Naturally, I don't want to burden the list with large
> attachments. It might be that simply having them on my webserver is the
> best delivery method ...
>
I agree, you can just keep them on your webserver for now, as long as you 
don't mind.

> I am keeping track of permissions, etc in an OpenOffice Calc file which I
> can put up in the same directory, if that works.
>
Yes, that would be nice.

> Second question - are these images sufficient? Not only in terms of size
> but in terms of aesthetics. There are B&W as well as color images - I am
> going to try stick to color but with more obscure objects it might not
> be possible. One of the images has copyright info on it, which I assume
> would be cropped before use.
>
I think they look really good.  B&W is fine if color isn't available.

> Third - the Public Affairs Program Coordinator at NOAO had the most
> questions about attribution. Basically she said it was okay to use their
> images as long as the credit line was included somehow. I explained the
> different ways in which the images might show up in the application and
> the kinds of possibilities for attribution each use might allow. Does the
> way KStars does this (particularly within the Details dialogue) need to be
> hammered out before I submit any of their images for inclusion?
>
We should have a policy for image credits, even independently of NOAO's 
concerns.  We can add a line showing image credit information to the Details 
window, just as we have in the image viewer tool.  As a bonus, the line can 
say "click image area to add an image."   Alternatively, we can put this 
information in a tooltip.  What do you think?

Glenn, how do you envision using the H400 images in KStars?  Just in the 
Details window, or also as inline images in the sky display itself?  For the 
latter, I think all we can do is add them to the README.images document, 
where credit for all inline messier images is listed.

Maybe the information in README.images should be (a) expanded to include the 
Details window images, and (b) accessible from within the program, maybe from 
the Help menu.

Jason
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