IATH Best Practices Guide to Digital Panoramic Photography

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and that the institute grant administration procedures will allow the costs to be paid with
grant monies.


po S t-pr o d u c t i o n


Unless the project is being run by a university department that can provide post-
production facilities and labor, post-production costs will include purchase or use or
hardware (computers), software, and labor involved in turning the source images into the
final product.


Ma i n tE n a n cE o F ar c h i vE


This often-overlooked item involves the long-term maintenance of the archive. As
network infrastructures, operating systems, and viewing platforms and software change,
the archive must be adaptable in order to remain accessible and useful. As of this writing,
there is no open-source software for viewing digital panoramas. It is unwise to assume
that commercial software manufacturers will continue to distribute and provide support
for current versions of viewing software forever. It is not enough to store work in a secure
and stable environement: it will require further investments of time and effort to remain
accessible to future users.

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