Monthly Archives: September 2010

Why not us? The French naval archives, with thousands of drawings, are available online. I think that Google could start small, and do a trial in cooperation with the US National Archives (NARA).

They say so in their blog. So what’s a few hundred thousand engineering drawings? Google, scan our drawings!

I can only speak of my limited experience with shipbuilding drawings. Of course, a few can be found in books, as mentioned in my first post. But most exist today in museums and university collections. Some of these institutions make … Continue reading →

I want Google to scan our drawings. Google has a well known project underway to scan all the world’s books– Google Books. The goal is worthy, to make all printed knowledge available online, and moreover, to allow cross linking and … Continue reading →