Visualizing large graphic objects, such as posters, requires some careful attention to the user interface. The user might be viewing on a small screen. Scrolling, panning, navigation windows: there are several solutions. Here is where we can look at several of these.
The MacArthur Hastac blog gave a shout out to skolr:
"Bruce Caron, one of our 2009 Digital Media & Learning Competition winners (DigitalOcean: Sampling the Sea), has an interesting new project of interest to academics, particularly scientists.
In partnership with the Sloan Foundation, the Carsey-Wolf Center, and the New Media Studio, DigitalOcean is building a searchable open-source software program that archives science posters. In an interview with James Badham, Bruce explains the appeal of sharing and archiving posters:"
