HI:
See what can be done with museum specimens! I wish US museums would do this!



The concept of picturing specimens in a book may have been superceded by the
Zoological Museum of Amsterdam.

On their website they give 360 degree views of the 151 type specimens stored
at the museum. This requires a fast internet connection but shows how
museums are becoming more accessible to the general public through the
internet and how computer technology can now do things that conventional
book publishing can only dream of.

The link is http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/zma3d/home.html

How about doing that for every study skin on the planet?

All the best,

Rob Tizard
Austin, TX

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From: Ian Paulsen [mailto:birdbooker at zipcon.net]
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Subject: [birdbooklist] Unconventional bird book (part 2)


HI:
Someone pointed out a flaw in my idea: There are so many ways that birds
can be seen in the field, how could you show them all in a guide?
This person went on to point out Zimmer's Birding in the American West: a
handbook and how it pointed out some of things I was thinking about. As I
was looking through this book I saw photos of museum specimens lined up
with similar looking species. That got me thinking how come no one has
done that for the birds of North America? My question to you is would a
guide book made up of photos of museum specimens showing different views
(dorsal, side, ventral) and with similar species lined up be useful? I see
these kind of photos in id articles but not in book form.





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