Visiting the NY Times was always among the real treats of my time working on Photoshop. I was always struck by the thoughtfulness & professionalism of the staff, but also by the gritty, brass-tacks considerations of cranking through thousands of images daily, often using some pretty dated infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Now Google\u2019s Cloud Vision tools are helping to tap into that infrastructure\u2014specifically, bringing treasures of \u201cThe Morgue\u201d back into the light<\/a> by making their patchwork annotations searchable.<\/p>\n The morgue contains photos from as far back as the late 19th century, and many of its contents have tremendous historical value\u2014some that are not stored anywhere else in the world. In 2015, a broken pipe\u00a0flooded the archival library, putting the entire collection at risk. Luckily, only minor damage was done, but the event raised the question: How can some of the company\u2019s most precious physical assets be safely stored?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Check it out:<\/p>\n\n