The latest development code for iipsrv, the IIPImage server is now hosted on Github. This should make things far easier for developers to share code and to submit patches. You can check out the repository here https://github.com/ruven/iipsrv The latest code has a host of new features including: Exact export resizing for both TIFF and JPEG2000 […]
Virtual Nanoscopy: Ultra-high resolution electron microscopy with IIPImage
Guest Post by Frank Faas & Raimond Ravelli, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center The Leiden University Medical Centre in The Netherlands conducts a wide range of scientific research ranging from pure fundamental medical research to applied clinical research. Recently, our group in the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, published a paper […]
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Responsive Images using IIPImage
The proliferation of mobile devices has made responsive web design one of the hottest topics in web design. Modern web sites need to be usable on a large range of screen resolutions and sizes, from low resolution mobile devices to high resolution monitors […]
IIPImage Analytics: IIPAnalyze 0.2 Released
Version 0.2 of our analytics tool, IIPAnalyze is now available! This version adds user agent filtering as well as histograms showing user activity over time. The following histograms, for example, show how the frequency of tile requests made (by all users and only Firefox users) varies with time after the users first load the IIPImage […]
IIPImage Server for Mac OS X
A binary distribution is now available for Mac OS X users! Both Desktop and Server editions of recent releases include Apache by default, making installation of IIPImage very straightforward. This binary has been statically compiled with libtiff4 (including BigTIFF support), libjpeg8 and libmemcached to enable users to have IIPImage up and running instantly without the […]
IIPImage Analytics
We now have a basic analytics tool for IIPImage! IIPAnalyze allows you to analyze incoming IIP protocol image requests to the IIPImage server. It can tell you which are the most viewed regions of a particular image and display histograms showing tile usage, globally or per resolution level. It can also output image hotspot image […]
One Billion Stars and IIPImage
Guest Post by Mike Read, Wide-field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh The Wide-Field Astronomy Unit (WFAU), Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh specializes in building and maintaining science archives from astronomical surveys. The bulk of the data we currently process come from two infrared telescopes: VISTA in the southern hemisphere and UKIRT […]
From scan to delivery: Special Collections and IIPImage at Utrecht University Library
Guest Post by Edu Hackenitz, University Library Utrecht The Utrecht University Library Special Collections contain many extensive collections of manuscripts, pre-1901 printed works, more recent rare and valuable printed works, maps and nautical charts. The library takes care of the acquisition, conservation, scanning, cataloging and availability of this material. […]
New Debian and Ubuntu packages released
We’ve just updated our IIPImage 0.9.9 server packages for the latest release of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. The packages now automatically install and configure the IIPImage server for use with Apache or Lighttpd. Packages are available for both 32 and 64 bit machines and should be compatible with both Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04. The build […]
IIPMooViewer now on Github
In preparation for the imminent full release of version 2.0, I’ve moved the IIPMooViewer code to Github. You can check out the repository here https://github.com/ruven/iipmooviewer New features since the beta release include: Javascript Fullscreen API support Scalable SVG icons Improved window resizing Localization support Plenty of bug fixes and improved ergonomy The code is also […]
