Hello Everyone,
I'm sorry for the long string of emails, but while we are on the note of 
the unknowns I was wondering if anyone could help me ID the unknowns I 
uploaded on paleobot.org?
There are four of them under the unidentified tab of the website.
http://www.paleobot.org/record/record_macro
Best,
Jade


On 7/3/2010 4:40 PM, ANAYA SARPAKI Archaeologist wrote:
> First of all thank you very much for thinking about the 'unknowns' which are
> often many and for sharing such a useful tool with everyone! It is something
> many of us had hoped would exist sometime but no one so far was prepared or
> knew how to do the first step.
>
> So today I visited the site. There is one problem which I visualised and I
> do not know whether there is something which I do not do right. There is no
> way I can enlarge the photos!! Is there a way which I have not found, as the
> size of the photo, is not very useful to me. I cannot make out any
> identifiable features.
>
> Thank you again!
> Anaya Sarpaki
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The archaeobotany mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Jade D'Alpoim Guedes
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:20 PM
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> Subject: Paleobot.org is online
>
> Hey Everyone,
> We are happy to announce that a working version of www.paleobot.org is 
> now online!!
> Heres a quick rundown of how the website works:
> The photos currently uploaded on the site can be accessed without 
> creating an account and the content should be fully searchable.  To look 
> at how the submission feature works or to submit a photograph you will 
> need to create a free account on the site.
> This can be done by just clicking on the create account tab. Here you 
> can enter information about your research, a profile picture, 
> institutional affiliation etc or provide links to your own website.
> Once you have done so you can go to the add record page where you will 
> be prompted to enter information for a given taxa you have collected. 
> Here you can enter geographical information about where the specimen was 
> found , information about its context, date and the collector. Once this 
> record is created, a new page will appear where you can add a full size 
> photograph of the specimen. A watermark with your name, date and the 
> genus and species of the specimen is automatically embedded in each 
> photograph after upload to ensure that you will be given proper credit 
> for your submissions.
> Unidentified specimens can be added to the site simply by following not 
> filling in any taxonomic information on the add record page. Underneath 
> each unidentified specimen there is a comments box in which registered 
> users can leave their ideas for identification.
> The add record portion of the website is currently set up for 
> macrobotanical remains for which the search will be mainly image-based, 
> however we are working on adding additional descriptive criteria for 
> starch, pollen and phytoliths.
> The FAQ for the site should be online shortly but in the mean time 
> please feel free to send me any questions.
> We are working on updating some of the fields associated with the add 
> content function, however we would love to hear your comments on this. 
> Our goal is to create a space that works for everyone, so please don't 
> be shy. In addition, if there are weblinks you think you should be added 
> to our resources page, also please let me know.
> You can do by either sending me an email or if you prefer completing an 
> anonymous survey which is hosted at the following link:
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q8VGRMT
>
> Also feel free to send me an email if anything does not work! We have 
> purchase a huge amount of online space for the site so please feel free 
> to upload those unidentified specimens by the dozen!
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Jade d'Alpoim Guedes
> Phd Candidate
> Harvard University
> Department of Anthropology
> 11 Divinity Avenue
> 02138 Cambridge MA
>
>