A period map of
Boston, Massachusetts from the beginning of the
American Revolution depicting the most rebellious city from the standpoint of British tactical interests. Highly detailed treatment includes legible descriptions of individual streets and wharfs. Restored version of
Image:Boston, 1775small1.png.
Support Really nice restoration. --
Krm500 (
talk) 00:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Speedy Promote That is fantastic, and obviously encyclopedic. Great restoration.
Fletcher (
talk) 01:38, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
No doubt - support. Perhaps only image name should be changed into something like Map of Boston 1775 instead of Boston, 1775bsmall1.
M.K. (
talk) 11:55, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
That relates to sequential restoration versions and a Wikibooks module.
DurovaCharge! 13:00, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
If you don't mind my asking, how come you've switched from JPGs to PNGs?
Fletcher (
talk) 18:51, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Per request. This was originally in .jp2 format and I had to change it to something. Do you mind?
DurovaCharge! 20:01, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
The main issue is that PNG files are not well suited to this sort of image with lots of texture (it is essentially photographic rather than diagrammatic). I just resaved it as a JPG with very low compression (11 out of 12 quality on the PS scale) and it came out at 5mb - three times smaller, with absolutely no perceptible difference as far as I could see.
Diliff |
(Talk)(Contribs) 20:23, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Very interesting; I'll remember that thanks.
DurovaCharge! 20:31, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
I don't mind; I just thought the file sizes of recent scans seemed larger than usual. But if Diliff is right about JPGs I imagine that would be only for the final version, with PNGs or tiffs used for working copies. (?)
Fletcher (
talk) 20:34, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Yeah, usually .tif is my working copy. I just didn't need to convert the .png. I aim to please, though. Thanks for the heads up. :)
DurovaCharge! 21:20, 17 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support - well done Durova, again. I think I'll print this out and frame it now that I've just moved in a bit north of ... Mount Wheredome (?)
deBivort 14:17, 18 July 2008 (UTC)reply
For a sixteen megabyte file I found it surprisingly painless to print out. Think I'll make copies to pass out to tourists. >:-)
Fletcher (
talk) 22:33, 18 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Comment Can the lettering be made clearer?
Greener Cactus (
talk) 20:08, 18 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Yes. Stains, dirt, and similar paper damage can be eliminated with the clone stamp. Basically it means constructing multiple source zones that match the target area in brightness, color, and appropriate paper grain, then going in 2 pixels wide at 800% resolution and 60%-80% hardness to trace the outer region surrounding all sides of each individual penstroke. The most visible area where I've done that in this image is the heading at the upper left corner. That took about 6 hours. I've done similar work on other lettering in this map, but not quite with the same intensive care. Is there a specific area you have in mind?
DurovaCharge! 00:11, 19 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Gee, looks pretty clear to me.
Fletcher (
talk) 13:16, 19 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support Amazing quality, well done. SpencerT♦C 18:45, 19 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Support, really great, but question: do your sources provide any information about the odd names here?
Copp's Hill seems to be labeled Corps Hill, which is interesting, and what the heck is that "Mount Whoredom" just below Beacon Hill? Just a crude British joke?
Chick Bowen 21:11, 19 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Excellent question. I retrieved this from the maps department of the Library of Congress, which yields a better file quality than a scan from a history book but omits the background on those interesting tidbits. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Mount Whoredom was the red light district; the eighteenth century was frank about such matters. Benjamin Franklin even published a pamphlet called "The Whoremaster's Guide to London".
DurovaCharge! 21:46, 19 July 2008 (UTC)reply
A bit of googling suggests you are quite right. Fascinating. Someone should start a petition to have that put on the street signs (that neighborhood contains some of the priciest real estate in the city).
Chick Bowen 02:48, 20 July 2008 (UTC)reply
I suspect
this has something to do with the first part.
Thegreenj 01:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Strong Support. This is an amazing image, in quality and encyclopedic-ness (encylopedicity?), and might I add that 1775 is the perfect year, being the year in which two iconic battles of the
American Revolutionary War took place in Massachusetts:
Lexington and Corcord, and
Bunker Hill (or should I say Breed's Hill?). NauticaShades 22:26, 20 July 2008 (UTC)reply
Promoted Image:Boston, 1775bsmall1.pngMER-C 07:33, 22 July 2008 (UTC)reply