Best Practices: Plaques
Photographing plaques: Best Practices
BP Best Practices for plaques
Shooting plaques
editMultiple images.
Set the scene.
- Overview
- Close-up
- Tight shot if each plaque
Show in situ
editShow context
Show individual elements
editTranscribing Text
editHeadings
editBody
editFooter
editWork flow
editFile types
editMultiple images of same plaque
editOCR recognize
editLanguages
editPlaque Properties
editOrientation:
edit- Orientation
- Vertical, Horizontal or other
- Publicly visible
- Viewable from street
- Located on highway
- 24 hour accessible
- Illuminated?
Materials
edit- Metal
- Stone
- Glass
- ???
Dimensions
edit- Size
- Scale
- Photo with object of widely known size
Condition
edit- Good
- Not so good
Single or multiple plaques?
edit- Is this a part of an array or grouping of plaques
Examples of single groupings
editExamples of multiple groupings
editMounting
edit- Affixed to building Structure
- Mounted in/on sidewalk--intended for people to walk over
- Embedded in sidewalk
- Affixed to, or embedded within, rock or boulder
- Standalone sign
- Affixed to, mounted in addition to, road sign
Dates
edit- Date Installed
- Dates shown
- Dates commemorated
Plaque Series, Plaque Sponsor
edit- Is this one of many plaques erected by an organization?
Questions?
editMarket Size
editCounts of files in categories
editGiven a category on Commons I want to get:
- Count of files assigned to category
- List of files assigned to category
- Count of sub-categories and
- Count of files in each sub-category
- List of files assigned to each sub-category
Solution for: Counts of files in categories
edit- PetScan
- Connecticut: Historical markers in CT
- Initial try:
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Tools
editCatAnalysis lists a whole mess o data about edits, contributions, editors, files, etc...
Example with: