Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like the "view but not accessible" except by me. Is that a > > function of .jpg? > > > > [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) > > I suspect that he's using a program running on the web- > server that dynamically generates image files based upon what the > user requested. It is not a case of uploading a bunch of pre-made > image files and selecting the correct one (unless you have a /huge/ > server disk space allotment). Thank you, I had no idea. > And I wouldn't consider even that the most secure -- if the > image is clear enough to be humanly readable without being annoying > (those "type the word shown to activate..." sites) there is a good > chance the image can be captured locally and fed to an OCR program. > The better OCR systems can produce documents retaining the layout of > text elements... From there it becomes a relatively simple, if > tedious, matter of opening the OCR'd text document next to a > genealogy program, and doing cut&paste of the available text. {and > if such person is really sloppy, they won't check/correct the OCR > errors -- so you now have someone with data full of typos that may > later be put out on the web to confuse everyone else looking} > > http://www.digitalriver.com/v2.0-img/operations/scansoft/site/html/offer/omnipage/omnipage_pro15_standard.html I think that is overkill for my purposes. Subscription fee companies are going to harvest and they have the equipment. I'm just putting up a small part of my data for now - and nothing I link to. I'll see where it appears. Not many individuals would buy the above package - I might but I don't see it as cost effective. I just want individuals to come back to my site so we can update each other - if they copy everything they might not. Everyone having a copy would defeat the purpose of having a central location for all data for everyone - except for my frequent updating. Thank you, Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)