Hi, Sinha ji, My remarks are as below: "No single person can afford or commit to this proposed project single-handed."- >* I don't agree if you have the conviction it can be done singlehandedly. You have no far to look beyond efloraofindia site. Initially I thought lot of people are required to do a thing of this size. But now I can do it myself quite easily.*
"In terms of work-hours, as Ushadi mentioend, I think each genus, with about say 20 species could take 2 to 3 work-hours to compile (the links, captions) and put up. So Satish-ji's 1 genus per week, (per volunteer) is fine. If we target 500 genera, selecting the best represented on EFI to start with, with 10 volunteers it could be done in 12 months."- > *No hurry even if takes 5 years. Captions can be kept at minimum (with species name only) to start with. Just like efloraofindia ocean has be created by collection of water drops one by one from our members.* "The most important criteria before starting out, is a positive conviction from the community and especially the pillars of the community :: That the "visual dimension" will add to the appeal and ease of use of the EFI website, both for identification and appreciation of Indian plant diversity."- > *I am firmly convinced of its need. It will greatly help in the identifications. Name of the site should be same as efloraofindia as we have the same name for the group as well as the site. It will certainly add a new dimension*. Other things- *I feel every genera page should be seperate (like a species pages at efi) so that easily searchable & opens up quickly. We can only keep the representative images (not all images).* Hoping for more feedback from all our valued members. On 3 June 2015 at 19:58, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All. > Thanks for the replies. > I can imagine the tremendous effort it takes to maintain the compilations > of the forum postings, as well as the associated web-site. No single person > can afford or commit to this proposed project single-handed. > In terms of work-hours, as Ushadi mentioend , I think each genus, with > about say 20 species could take 2 to 3 work-hours to compile ( the links, > captions) and put up . > So Satish-ji's 1 genus per week,( per volunteer) is fine. > If we target 500 genera, selecting the best represented on EFI to start > with, with 10 volunteers it could be done in 12 months. Of course this is > not just a time-work problem, but to have an idea if it is do-able. > The most important criteria before starting out, is a positive conviction > from the community and especially the pillars of the community :: That the > "visual dimension" will add to the appeal and ease of use of the EFI > website, both for identification and appreciation of Indian plant diversity. > I request Garg-ji to re-surface this thread under its own subject-line . > regards > ASinha > > On 3 June 2015 at 19:54, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding for your comments pl. >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: greenearth <[email protected]> >> Date: 15 May 2015 at 19:19 >> Subject: Can we together do Image Charts for this huge wealth ? Re: >> Eflora of India (eFI) has reached 2,00,000 messages and 10,000 species! : >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected], Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>, >> [email protected], Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>, >> [email protected], [email protected] >> >> >> *EFI has reached 10,000 species** : *Would it not be wonderful if the >> best part of the EFI collections of images could be presented through >> Image charts. ? >> >> * I have put up a Sample Web Page Here >> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiafloraimages/> * . Please take a >> look.. >> >> It uses Google tools which can make this work as easy as using >> Windows Office. >> >> This idea was mooted earlier on EFI , for Phyllanthaceae , by >> Vijaysankar-ji and Dinesh-ji. It's being done in different ways : >> * plantsystematics.org* <http://plantsystematics.org> has an organized >> family-genus hierarchy, and * treesindia.indiabiodiversity.org* >> <http://treesindia.indiabiodiversity.org/species/list/?max=42&offset=0&sort=lastUpdated&order=desc&total=1863&startsWith=T&sGroup=829> >> has a alphabetical index under which species belonging to all families are >> presented. Both of these would require considerable effort to develop, and >> probably the work may be better out-sourced. >> >> By contrast the * flowersofindia* <http://www.flowersofindia.net/> site >> uses easier approach and concentrates on one species per page to present >> its very wide collections. >> >> *Doing it will definitely take some effort. If we have teams of >> volunteers, some having familiarity with common computer apps such as >> spreadsheets, editing etc, and some with a little more experience on >> creating web pages. : *By parcelling the collections into groups of >> genera, and taking only the most unique, representative images for a given >> species the work load should be manageable. >> >> * Together we can make it work.* >> >> regards >> >> ASinha >> >> * Following a post on EFI is often the beginning of a new journey* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
