Hi

(Not used to posting in mailing lists, so please excuse if I'm doing it wrong.)

We have the same problem with some of our large maps that we uploaded as tifs 
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:UB_Basel_Maps), uploaded via 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMwiki_Toolset.

The latest reply we got: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T111941#1649859 " 
btw, be advised that due to quirks in how we render tiff thumbnails, the limit 
on large files where we don't display thumbnails is much higher for the first 
page then the other page, so we might not display later pages on some of your 
really big files." 
 
The task has been moved to 'Done' - but I'd very much like if this could be 
fixed. Or if at least - for future uploads by other institutions - there was a 
warning about that _before_ you start uploading.  

Prominent example: Mercator's world map from 1569, scanned in 3 stripes 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UBBasel_Map_1569_Kartenslg_AA_3-5.tif. 
To see all 3 pages you have to click on the link 'Original file'.  


Manuela Schwendener
Basel University Library
http://www.ub.unibas.ch 
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Basel_University_Library 



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Glamtools [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag
> von Fæ
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2015 12:56
> An: Conversations revolving around the development of GLAM Digital Tools
> Betreff: Re: [Glamtools] TIFF error when using Bulk Uploader
> 
> Large TIFFs can be problematic. For the some of my past projects relying on
> TIFFs, I have created PNG files and JPEGs to help with their reuse, but always
> uploaded the original TIFF. Note that at the current time TIFFs cannot be
> browsed in the media player, so they are not ideal if you want the images to
> be used on Wikipedia articles etc.
> 
> A relevant past discussion about this is at
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T67217
> 
> Fae
> 
> On 27 October 2015 at 11:28, McGregor, Nora <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi Folks! I’m trying to upload some high-res TIFFS using the bulk
> > uploader tool however in Beta it’s struggling with creating the thumbnails:
> Example:
> > http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Tracing_of_Field_S
> > heet_9_(WOOS-18-3).tif
> >
> >
> >
> > 1)      Does this reflect the reality of how my upload will render on the
> > live site?
> >
> > 2)      When using the bulk uploader am I limited to using .jpgs?
> >
> >
> >
> > The original link to the URL for uploading is here:
> > http://www.webarchive.org.uk/bldatasets/WOA/WOOS_18_3.tif  Is it
> > because TIFFS don’t render in the browser that the bulk uploader isn’t
> > able to grab it and display in the same way as the jpg? Please advise,
> > hoping to get these up asap and would prefer to use TIFFS. Cheers!
> >
> >
> >
> > Nora McGregor
> > British Library
> > @ndalyrose
> >
> >
> >
> >
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