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Ensorceled
I was originally trying to figure out if these images were HUGE (670K >>> 4K) or compressed beyond recognition ...
Kovah
I just downloaded about 10 images from different topics and all of them are available as .tiff and 8/10 with a resolution of >2000px
Ensorceled
Right, but that would be 2K. Anyway, was just an observation that, at least my brain, doesn't see 'k' as a count when attached to images but as a size.
CIPHERSTONE
Awesome, just wish the viewer was better. Like being able to click on the right or left hand side of the photo you are viewing to go to the next one would be a real treat. #Lazy
unfocused
You can even order prints. Seems like a good way for the library to make extra money. I wonder just how much profit they would make though.

As for downloading the images, take this one (http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70925be8-ec11-c85b-...) for example. I find it bizarre why the 3 options I have are:

1. 11KB in size (jpg 300px) 2. 61KB in size (jpg 760px) 3. 81MB in size (tiff 4884 × 5572 pixels)

They could save some bandwidth and disk space if they didn't jump straigh to an 81MB tiff. Maybe some 1k px or 2k px? I'm not a photo expert but I wonder why they made the decision.

EDIT: Looks like my view of download options are available differs picture to picture. Some do have extra options, some don't.

vijayr
Anyone using these to build interesting visualizations or applications?