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From: "Karen Dickson" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Poor quality of recently scanned registers on ERO pay perview site
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:07:12 +1100


I have now sent the ERO an email about this problem. It seems that ALL of
the scans they have made recently are of a lower resolution compared to the
old ones. It is not just 1 or 2 pages but thousands!!! Trying to read
these registers is incredibly frustrating and in my opinion not worth the
headache! I'll post their reply when I receive it.

Karen

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Karen Dickson
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2011 12:24 PM
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Subject: [Ess] Poor quality of recently scanned registers on ERO pay per
view site

Is anyone else disappointed with the quality of the recently added parishes?
After waiting for so long for the new service to go live I can't believe how
poor some of the new scans are. The more recent scans don't load at the
same magnification that the older scans do. This has made it difficult, if
not impossible, to read some of the scans. For those that have a
subscription, compare these examples of scans to see what I mean -



Older scan of Ardleigh D/P 263/1/6 (easy to read scan)

https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/ViewSecureImage.asp?FullImage=0
<https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/ViewSecureImage.asp?FullImage=0&I
D=1049529&intThisRecordsOffSet=&intOffSet=&DocID=28897>
&ID=1049529&intThisRecordsOffSet=&intOffSet=&DocID=28897



Newer scan of Lexden D/P 273/1/13 (hard to read scan)

https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/ViewSecureImage.asp?FullImage=0
<https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/ViewSecureImage.asp?FullImage=0&I
D=1049536&intThisRecordsOffSet=&intOffSet=&DocID=28897>
&ID=1049536&intThisRecordsOffSet=&intOffSet=&DocID=28897



Newer scan of Langenhoe D/P 401/1/2 (impossible to read scan of newspaper
clippings detailing history of parish)

https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/ViewSecureImage.asp?FullImage=0
<https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/ViewSecureImage.asp?FullImage=0&I
D=1161179&intThisRecordsOffSet=&intOffSet=&DocID=17101>
&ID=1161179&intThisRecordsOffSet=&intOffSet=&DocID=17101



Is anyone else having these problems or do I need a new pair of specs????



Cheers



Karen

Sydney, Australia



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