The Complete National Geographic (released Oct. 30)

[pagansoul]

OMG I have been waiting for this for years. I had the CD collectiion and gave them to my brother because it was too many disc making the set and the images were not very clear. The DVD set was out and stopped too fast to get my hands on. Ebay had them for sale for awhile but at too high a cost.

Complete National Geographic Features:
Digital reproduction of all 120 years of National Geographic Magazine
Highest production quality on DVD
Digital scans are high resolution for optimal viewing of images
Easy to navigate and explore content
Search by keyword, author contributor, topic
Visual geographic search
Discover content through NG-created, or user-created “Read Lists
Zoom in/out of pages
Reading and search experiences significantly enhanced
Modern, graphical user interface
Explore and discover approaches to content
Geospatial browsing
Trivia Game to drive content discovery
Now Featuring Fold-Out Maps
The most popular feature of National Geographic Magazine
Bonus DVD includes video extras not available anywhere else
Best Moments of National Geographic
Photography tips
Narratives by award-winning NG photographers

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by pagansoul

OMG I have been waiting for this for years. I had the CD collectiion and gave them to my brother because it was too many disc making the set and the images were not very clear. The DVD set was out and stopped too fast to get my hands on. Ebay had them for sale for awhile but at too high a cost.

I only noticed it was there because my internet connection was erratic. So, I was browsing around on my HD and found some old images there. So, I decided to check if there was a new version, and lo and behold, there will be! I mean, I could have not checked and only found out today (due to my reading this forum )

[Sweetpea]

I ordered the set and it was delivered today.

The pages aren't just image files anymore. They do sharpen a bit when you zoom in, now...

Putting it on my reader (JE100) took a bit more work because of this, but I managed to make jpg files from one article (using a XPS "printer"). I then rar'ed those images and opened them with my comic reader (just to see how it would look and I don't have a PDF printer...)


See the attachments for the difference in quality... (I had to scale down the new one to get the same size as the old one: the new page cutting was 1237x892, the old page cutting is 388x285...)

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by HarryT

My question is whether a modern scan of that magazine is also automatically in the public domain.

The current US case law seems pretty clear. Here's a quick recent summary with good links:

http://theartlawblog.blogspot.com/20...n-v-corel.html

However, this is only a district court ruling. It it not binding on any other court. However, it's also worth noting that it wasn't appealed and no similar lawsuit has been filed in the US. IMO all the institutions are worried that any such case might eventually result in a binding Supreme Court decision against them.

The UK law is less clear. But I think that if any such case was brought it would eventually lose. The Museums Copyrigth Grouo have an interesting page on this situation:

http://www.museumscopyright.org.uk/bridge.htm

Essentially, they're asserting that they do have copyright (in UK) of images of out-of-copyright works, and that in any case, they now have contracts surrounding released images that would prevent reproduction even if they didn't have copyright.

I very much hope that eventually they annoy someone with big pockets enough that there's a test case.

[davidspitzer]

Originally Posted by ardeegee

Well, here's 1888-1922. I'll leave it to the moderators to decide if the links can stay or not.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/caslp1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bvr8u2
http://www.sendspace.com/file/y9qhxe
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iak60h
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ec0usq
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qkxxjm

I downloaded to take a look - I am not sure I understand the organization of the folders - to me it seems the magazines are split between different folders - can you offer any insight?

[kjohn73]

Originally Posted by CleverClothe

Amazon has this for $45:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Natio...6711459&sr=8-1

Thank you for posting this deal. I just ordered a set!

Although I have never subscribed, we used to get the magazine from my ex-wife's parents. I have a soft spot when National geographic is mentioned - My dear old Dad told me that in the Dirty Thirties, he was so terribly hard-up that he had to give up his subscription to the NG. He said the subscription was only a dollar or two for the whole year, but he just couldn't afford it. That story has instilled in me a very sober appreciation of being able to afford books and magazines, now e-this and that. I'll have my Dad in mind when I dig into these DVD's!

kjohn73

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by davidspitzer

I downloaded to take a look - I am not sure I understand the organization of the folders - to me it seems the magazines are split between different folders - can you offer any insight?

It is fairly straight-forward-- folders that start with a 1 are from the 19th century, folders that start with a 2 are from the 20th century. Second two numbers are the year in that century. Letters A-L are the month of the year. So, for instance, folder 221G has the issue from July 1921, folder 198K has the issue from November 1898, and so on.

[badbob001]

If anyone has a BJ's membership, it's $39.99. Also available online.
http://shop.bjs.com/The-Complete-Nat...VVviewprod.htm

I hope someone develops an easy way to batch transfer a magazine to a reader.

[davidspitzer]

Originally Posted by ardeegee

It is fairly straight-forward-- folders that start with a 1 are from the 19th century, folders that start with a 2 are from the 20th century. Second two numbers are the year in that century. Letters A-L are the month of the year. So, for instance, folder 221G has the issue from July 1921, folder 198K has the issue from November 1898, and so on.

Thanks ok that makes sense - it is strange how the pages are not ordered as they were in the magazine but rather the middle section first where the articles and pictures are and then the back cover, front cover and all the ads