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roger64 · 05-05-2009, 05:19 AM

I had recently the opportunity to compare two scans, one from Google Book Search, another from Gallica (French National Library) and I could not help remarking a big quality difference. The Google product was clearly the best, the other one hardly usable and I could not help wondering how to explain this difference.

The thread in French language is here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...252#post447252

Looking at the news today, it seems that Google made good use these past years of a technological secret.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10232931-76.html

Can Gallica and other national European libraries now catch up? Some millions books later, Is the "battle of the scans" over? Google won?

05-05-2009, 05:19 AM	#1
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Battle of the scans : is Google winning? I had recently the opportunity to compare two scans, one from Google Book Search, another from Gallica (French National Library) and I could not help remarking a big quality difference. The Google product was clearly the best, the other one hardly usable and I could not help wondering how to explain this difference. The thread in French language is here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...252#post447252 Looking at the news today, it seems that Google made good use these past years of a technological secret. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10232931-76.html Can Gallica and other national European libraries now catch up? Some millions books later, Is the "battle of the scans" over? Google won? Last edited by roger64; 05-05-2009 at 05:30 AM. Reason: typo