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Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Just a bit of an update.  Chris Horst, Steve, & Michelle are supportive of creating a LD album that contains folders for each year and each model starting with 1966.  I've been working on making all the folders for the photos.  So far, I have 241 folders and still need to finish about 6-8 years.  I've added pictures to about 15 of the folders and the remainder are empty.

We've a tentative name for the album which is Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018.  Without a doubt it will NOT be anywhere near 100% accurate because of the lack of LD historical information or brochures.  Once I have finished creating the folders as best as I can, I'll post a *.jpg picture of the file structure for Members to review.   Once the folders are installed into the LDO Forum, I think we'll be able to correct, add, delete the folders as needed. 

Steve said he'd grant rights for posting pictures in all the folders for all LDO Forum Members.   It might be possible within 1-2 years to have pictures of most LDs especially with help from Forum Members.   That's what I know at this point and I will continue to update the Forum as we move forward.

Finally, I'd be mighty pleased if anyone has suggestions at this point.
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #1 –
Ed,

The Mothership has several Albums on display. Not all of them are photos of LD’s and much of what is contained are “tales of adventure” from satisfied LD owners over the years.

I’m not certain of what value the information contained within their pages would be to your most honourable project, but they are an amazing collection of LD outings.

If it is LD brochures and fliers you are interested in obtaining, then perhaps they reside within the Motherships library. I’ve not spent a great deal of time browsing through the pages as Vince & Todd usually have my full attention while I’m there. That being said...”They are a hoot”.

Just a thought.

Kent
2015 27' RB "MissB.Haven"
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #2 –
I've completed a preliminary file structure and need your help correcting it especially in the early years.  For example, I don't know if any of the LD 22's were TK, FD, FL.  Similarly, I don't know if the early LD 23.5's were TK, FD, FL or if there were multiple models of the early LD 26.5 or LD 30.5.  I think it's important for the initial folder structure to be accurate before they are installed by Steve.  I'm eagerly looking forward to your feedback so that I can update this file structure.

Footnote:  I had trouble creating a .jpeg or .gif file so that it was legible within the browser.  The font was just too small.   The best I could do was to create this .pdf file.
 
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #3 –
Ths, Ed, for your enthusiasm & efforts, along with Chris & Steve.  Should be a fun place to pass some time, to see the many flavors of LDs.

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #4 –
When managing a large quantity of files, a good file structure is important, but so is a good file naming scheme.  All submissions should be required to follow a strict naming scheme.  It could be something like:
LD_2008_27p0_MB_001.png 
LD_2007_26p5_MB_009.png

Obviously the 3 digit number suffix will have to be unique.  Do you think we will have more than 999 pictures of any particular year/size/type combination?  The file type should be thought about carefully for future proofing, licensing, and ease of submission.  If you require one file type, the users will have to convert to that type, and they may not be tech-savvy enough to do so, or it may be a barrier to submission. If you dont require a specific file type, you could have cases where one person submits LD_2009_24p0_TK_033.jpg and another user submits LD_2009_24p0_TK_033.png. It could be ambiguous if that is the same picture or not.

I believe some file types (jpg/jpeg, gif) have licensing/patent restrictions.  I know .png has no license/patent issues and uses lossless compression.  Popular image file types are: .jpg/jpeg, .bmp, .png, .gif

I don't know if you want some sort of exterior/interior color or paint pattern designation.
A unique two/three letter acronyms for all model styles is necessary: MB, TK, FL, etc

Keeping a strict naming scheme should go a long way towards future proofing the data.  There are computer sorting/filtering utilities that benefit greatly from a rigorous naming scheme.  If someone were to download the entire image set, they would be able to automatically filter based on year/model/length, or even color if we add that to the file name.

Wade
2008 27' MB
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #5 –
Quote from: Matisse  - 
...   Keeping a strict naming scheme should go a long way towards future proofing the data.  There are computer sorting/filtering utilities that benefit greatly from a rigorous naming scheme.  If someone were to download the entire image set, they would be able to automatically filter based on year/model/length, or even color if we add that to the file name.

Thank you Wade for a very thoughtful and complete guide to an important part of this project.   Without a doubt, 1st Class!
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #6 –
Naming conventions suggestion:
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If you dont require a specific file type, you could have cases where one person submits LD_2009_24p0_TK_033.jpg and another user submits LD_2009_24p0_TK_033.png.
 

Rule:  One picture per sequence number regardless of file type.   033.jpg or 033.png does not occur. When different file types submitted simultaneously ,  sequence number assigned in type alpha order (jpg <png)

By the way, who is going to be assigning file names, submitter, editor, or moderator?
Joel & Terry Wiley
2013  31 IB   ORWAN   / 2011 CRV Tow'd LWEROVE
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
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Quote from: joel wiley  - 
By the way, who is going to be assigning file names, submitter, editor, or moderator?

The original suggestion was to create folders for each year and each model.  After that, Members could add their pictures to the Album.    At this point, I've no idea how to assign files names but IMO the Moderators have enough to do without managing this half-baked idea for an Album. 

I think we wanted something simple so it could be self-perpetuating.  Just as an example, we've seen some Members mention that they had trouble using the photo upload feature when posting on the Forum.    So at this point, the business of how to name files remains on the drawing board!
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #8 –
Quote from: Ed & Margee  - 
The original suggestion was to create folders for each year and each model.  After that, Members could add their pictures to the Album.    At this point, I've no idea how to assign files names but IMO the Moderators have enough to do without managing this half-baked idea for an Album. 

I think we wanted something simple so it could be self-perpetuating.  Just as an example, we've seen some Members mention that they had trouble using the photo upload feature when posting on the Forum.    So at this point, the business of how to name files remains on the drawing board!

Ed, we appreciate your work and don't consider it "half-baked".  ;) I concur with you in that we want to keep in simple so members can add a photo to each folder for each year and model. The folders (or whatever they are or will be called) will be named by year and model.

Once Ed finishes with his part, Steve will help us get it organized on the LDOF.

Chris
Formerly: 2002 30' IB
 
Re: Lazy Daze Models Photos 1966-2018
Reply #9 –
Quote from: Ed & Margee  - 
The original suggestion was to create folders for each year and each model.  After that, Members could add their pictures to the Album.    At this point, I've no idea how to assign files names but IMO the Moderators have enough to do ...

I agree that we should make this as little burden on the moderators as possible, and make the uplaod process as easy as possible.

it may be less of a folder jumble to just have a year, and then have all of the files sit inside that folder with the filename to distinguish the model/size.  Another option is to have sub-folders to distinguish year/size.  I am unsure how good the picture viewing experience is on this website, and the proposed "flat" folder structure may be the best way.

I have an idea on how to uniquify the file names.  We could require the submitter to include a 3 character alias in the file name.  This way each user could just start at 001 and not worry about duplicate names.  Here is an example:
LD_2008_27p0_MB_FOO_001.png 
LD_2008_27p0_MB_FOO_002.png 
LD_2008_27p0_MB_FOO_003.png 
LD_2008_27p0_MB_BAR_001.png
LD_2008_27p0_MB_BAR_002.png 
LD_2008_27p0_MB_BAZ_001.jpg 

Now the uploader only has to ensure that they pick a unique alias, which should not be hard since we will not have so many uploaders.  In addition, the meaningless alias does not prevent the ability to use search tools on the file names, as long as its in a predictable position in the file name.

Wade
2008 27' MB