Results and insights from the NCSU Insect Museum GigaPan project

Abstract. Pinned insect specimens stored in museum collections are a fragile and valuable resource for entomological research. As such, they are usually kept away from viewing by the public and hard to access by experts. Here we present a method for mass imaging insect specimens, using GigaPan techn...

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Autores principales: Bertone, Matthew A., Blinn, Robert L., Dew1, Tanner M. StanfieldKelly J., Seltmann, Katja C., Deans, Andrew R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22859883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.209.3083
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Sumario:Abstract. Pinned insect specimens stored in museum collections are a fragile and valuable resource for entomological research. As such, they are usually kept away from viewing by the public and hard to access by experts. Here we present a method for mass imaging insect specimens, using GigaPan technology to achieve highly explorable, many-megapixel panoramas of insect museum drawers. We discuss the advantages and limitations of the system, and describe future avenues of collections research using this technology.

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