Preserving Your Digital Images on the Cloud

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Preserving Your Digital Images on the Cloud

Olmo MaldonadoSept. 18th, 2016

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Apologies to my friends and family in the pictures. 😅

Photo: UT Rio Grande Valley

Hello!I AM OLMO MALDONADO

Olmo Maldonado{facebook, twitter, github}.com/ibolmo

Poly-Stack Software Engineer at omcodeEx-Googler (Google Photos)UCLA M.S. Electrical EngineerIB Lamar Alpha Class

Founder Code RGVLeadership McAllen Board MemberFuturo McAllen Board MemberMcAllen IT Task Force Member

The problem

The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the

past. Jean Henri Fabre

2,500,000,000,000,000,

0002.5 quintillion bytes of data is created per day

credit: vouchercloud

2 billionof photos per day

source: Facebook May 2015

Born Digitaldenoting texts or recordings produced in digital form

born digital and digital preservation

Digital Preservationformal endeavor to ensure that digital information of continuing value remains accessible and usable

digital preservation

TAG (Add detail)CAPTURE PROTECT

Example of detail:Location

Identify PeopleSignificance

Example of detail:✓ Location (automatic)

✓ Identify People (semi auto)Significance

(enhanced) digital preservation

TAG (Add detail)CAPTURE PROTECT

AUTOMATE

geotaggingPICTURE

LOCATION

geotagging or geolocation

All modern phones, (and camera GPS

accessory) will automaticaly add the GPS (lat/lng)

to the actual photo in the EXIF

Data tag.

viewing EXIF informationhttp://regex.info/exif.cgi

Make motorola

Camera Model Name

Nexus 6

Orientation Horizontal (normal)

Exposure Time 1/913

F Number 2.00

ISO 40

Exif Version 0220

GPS Latitude 26.211872 degrees

GPS Longitude 98.310853 degrees

GPS Altitude 25 m

GPS Time Stamp 21:23:08

GPS Date Stamp 2016:08:1930 days, 7 hours, 36 minutes, 40 seconds ago

Enabling on PhonesiPhone

Review Location Services in the Privacy section in

Settings.

AndroidReview your photo

capturing app and ensure settings are on.

Place your screenshot here

facial recognitionIT'S NOT THAT

SCARY

A set of algorithms that are trained to identify key features (geometry) of a person's face.

The unique combination of geometry is used similar to fingerprints.

facial recognition

Case Study: Google Photosphotos.google.com

Free photo capturing, organizing, sharing, and storing app.

Google Photos: People (Step 1)Start a search.

Notice: the faces!

Google Photos: People (Step 2)Select people, and label.

Note: You may need to merge people.

Google Photos: People (Step 3)Label example.

Notice: it'll use your contacts!

Google Photos: People (Step 3)Label example.

Notice: it'll use your contacts!

Google Photos: People (Step 4)Review, and enjoy.

Notice, it'll even detect faces within pictures of pictures.

Application: Organizing Digital ArchivesWarning: Editing of face tags via app not yet ready.

Available via API, however.

cloud storagePOWER OF 3

RULE

cloud storage

A networked file system that stores at least three copies of your data (the power of 3).

The copies are kept separate (physically by location) and are highly secured.

Backup power for days.

$12.80 / month per terabyte (Amazon Cloud Storage).

Case Study: Google Photos / Drivephotos.google.com / drive.google.com

Free storage up to 15 GB, and Free unlimited for Photos uploaded via Google Photos

Desktop Uploaderphotos.google.com/apps

Google Photos: Upload (Backup) Options

AppUnder account settings. Ensure size is original.

Google Photos: Upload TipsIn the account settings.

Enable Device FoldersBackup Facebook, Instagram, etc.

This works for iPhones too.

Disable Cellular Backup

Save data and battery life.

Google/Facebook: Tip: Takeout your data.google.com/takeout and facebook.com/settings

Example of detail:✓ Location (automatic)

✓ Identify People (semi auto)Significance

(via description, comments, etc.)

Reviewing(enhanced) digital preservation

TAG (Add detail)CAPTURE PROTECT

AUTOMATE

thanks!ANY QUESTIONS?

You can find me at:@ibolmo

olmo@omcode.io

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