"Cool" Google Pages "Feature"
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Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap to your Google Pages it automatically converts it to a jpeg. Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand. Obviously it's trying to save space but surely the 100MB is your space to do what you want with, should Google care that you have 1 100MB picture or 100 1M pictures? BTW, picture in question was a 4.5MB map.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
Ed.Poore wrote:
I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand.
Convert it yourself to jpeg, use quality 100% (or compression 0% depending on your software), that is a minimally compressed jpeg near-lossless. You will notice it, especially on/near letters on a map and hard maplines, but it will be better than their defaults probably. Of course the question is... if you upload a jpeg, do they recompress it to a smaller jpeg?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap to your Google Pages it automatically converts it to a jpeg. Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand. Obviously it's trying to save space but surely the 100MB is your space to do what you want with, should Google care that you have 1 100MB picture or 100 1M pictures? BTW, picture in question was a 4.5MB map.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand.
Convert it yourself to jpeg, use quality 100% (or compression 0% depending on your software), that is a minimally compressed jpeg near-lossless. You will notice it, especially on/near letters on a map and hard maplines, but it will be better than their defaults probably. Of course the question is... if you upload a jpeg, do they recompress it to a smaller jpeg?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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very cool actually, saves bandwidth I guess - but yeah if I want a bmp up there I should expect a .bmp to be there. Maybe they also convert extensions from htm to html :P
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Whole point was I wanted it as a bitmap but there we go, and yes it went to a smaller jpg, 1/2 meg rather than 4/1/2.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
well... I was just trying for alternatives to work within the system. I understand the idea of you want what you want... but Google is trying to save their bandwidth, probably. does it do the same for png?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap to your Google Pages it automatically converts it to a jpeg. Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand. Obviously it's trying to save space but surely the 100MB is your space to do what you want with, should Google care that you have 1 100MB picture or 100 1M pictures? BTW, picture in question was a 4.5MB map.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
Ed.Poore wrote:
Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap
Like, a LZW-compressed TIF-packaged bitmap? Or a Windows|OS/2 .BMP-file bitmap? 'Cause, i can totally agree with converting the later.
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well... I was just trying for alternatives to work within the system. I understand the idea of you want what you want... but Google is trying to save their bandwidth, probably. does it do the same for png?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
does it do the same for png?
Havn't tried and not particularly interested as I use the account simply for transferring files between various places.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
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Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap to your Google Pages it automatically converts it to a jpeg. Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand. Obviously it's trying to save space but surely the 100MB is your space to do what you want with, should Google care that you have 1 100MB picture or 100 1M pictures? BTW, picture in question was a 4.5MB map.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
Zip it then upload it.
Todd Smith
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap
Like, a LZW-compressed TIF-packaged bitmap? Or a Windows|OS/2 .BMP-file bitmap? 'Cause, i can totally agree with converting the later.
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Shog9 wrote:
Windows|OS/2 .BMP-file bitmap?
That one, I know I could have compressed it etc but it was only for my sister and I couldn't find a USB stick to transfer it, she can lose quality over size if she wants but truth be told I was lazy.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
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Zip it then upload it.
Todd Smith
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Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap to your Google Pages it automatically converts it to a jpeg. Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand. Obviously it's trying to save space but surely the 100MB is your space to do what you want with, should Google care that you have 1 100MB picture or 100 1M pictures? BTW, picture in question was a 4.5MB map.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
Well BMPs aren't a typical web image format at all. I'd say you are an edge case and that the 99 other people (out of a 100) are damned happy they don't have to convert themselves. :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Well BMPs aren't a typical web image format at all. I'd say you are an edge case and that the 99 other people (out of a 100) are damned happy they don't have to convert themselves. :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Well BMPs aren't a typical web image format at all.
True, but as mentioned previously this wasn't really for display simply for transferring.
Paul Watson wrote:
I'd say you are an edge case
Glad to hear it
Paul Watson wrote:
are damned happy they don't have to convert themselves.
Quite probably :)
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
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Just noticed that when you upload a large bitmap to your Google Pages it automatically converts it to a jpeg. Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand. Obviously it's trying to save space but surely the 100MB is your space to do what you want with, should Google care that you have 1 100MB picture or 100 1M pictures? BTW, picture in question was a 4.5MB map.
As of how to accomplish that have you ever tried Google? Failing that try :badger::badger::badger:.
Ed.Poore wrote:
Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand.
This is a bit like what Picasa does when you email pictures from it. Compresses them substantially. I don't know whether it's configurable. But 999 times out of 1000 the default behaviour is what I'd want.
Kevin
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Hmm, useful? Maybe for Google, I like stuff doing what I tell it to do on the other hand.
This is a bit like what Picasa does when you email pictures from it. Compresses them substantially. I don't know whether it's configurable. But 999 times out of 1000 the default behaviour is what I'd want.
Kevin