Politou (2004) "JPEG2000 and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage over the Internet"

Politou, Eugenia, George P. Pavlidis, and Christodoulos Chamzas. 2004. JPEG2000 and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage over the Internet. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 13, no. 3: 293-301.

The authors describe a project under the auspices of EUREKA to provide access to preservation-quality reproductions of artwork using a web browser-based plug-in in a client-server model to deliver content to the user over what might be potentially slow Internet connections.

Author Abstract

By applying the latest technologies in image compression for managing the storage of massive image data within cultural heritage databases and by exploiting the universality of the Internet we are now able not only to effectively digitize, record and preserve, but also to promote the dissemination of cultural heritage. In this work we present an application of the latest image compression standard JPEG2000 in managing and browsing image databases, focusing on the image transmission aspect rather than database management and indexing. We combine the technologies of JPEG2000 image compression with client-server socket connections and client browser plug-in, as to provide with an all-in-one package for remote browsing of JPEG2000 compressed image databases, suitable for the effective dissemination of cultural heritage.