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The Biodiversity Image Server Tour
Why was BIS designed?
The project was originally conceived during the creation of CyberFlora Louisiana, a project designed to digitize and manage over 1 million specimen images. To do that we looked at existing image servers and nothing seemed to fit the needs of the herbaria project. After the successful completion of the basic server we then started adding more features focused on biodiversity.
Right now it is great for uploading and storing images but it can do more than that. In the following sections you will be able to explore the different features that are currently available. Please check the Roadmap to learn about new features in the works.
Storage & Management Features
- Image management tools
- Grouping images by collections
- Associating images to geographical regions
- Metadata Tags support (Key/Value Pairs)
- Events - Great for use in expeditions, field trips, collection events, etc.
- Sets - Used for image matrices
- Thumbnail Generation
Web Features
- Hi-Resolution Javascript Library
- Example Widgets
- RESTful web services (JSON Format)
- SDK's in many common languages
Additional Features
- Supports multiple storage devices (NFS, Amazon S3)
- Barcode Detection Analysis
- Pixel Ratio Detection
- TesseractOCR Label Analysis
- EverNote OCR Analysis for Fuzzy Searching
