Version 0.9.6 of the IIPImage Server Released
Posted by Sachin Garg on 9th August 2006 | Permanent Link
IIPImage project is a web client/server system for viewing very high resolution (even gigapixels) images and is designed to be able to work efficiently even over slow dialup connections. The server is an webserver fastcgi plugin and images are viewed via a Java or Javascript client.
Windows installer for server was released in November 2005. The project’s demo got dugg for hosting the The Internet’s Largest Image Online (86400 x 43200 pixels).
New features in this latest version include:
- 16 bit image compatibility
- contrast control
- configurable server tile cache
- better error handling and various bug fixes
IIPImage authors also presented a paper A New Concept in High Resolution Internet Image Browsing at 10th International Conference on Electronic Publishing held in Bansko, Bulgaria in June, 2006.