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This is a media repository that is shared by several projects, currently primarily

Key to Nature and Species-ID.

We welcome it if you request an account and share your images on biodiversity with others.

Currently we are in a test phase. When you upload images we have the following requests:

1. Use long file names. There can be only a single image "Bufo bufo.jpg" on the entire repository. Using a date ("Bufo bufo 2008-03-10.jpg"), creator's name ("Bufo bufo by J. Smith.jpg"), or strain number ("City Museum of Erewhon 23487121.jpg") are all recommended practices.
2. If you can, please upload large images, not scaled down thumbnails. Screen size is moving fast, and a 400 px "web-quality" image is tomorrows thumbnail.
   • If you need to reduce image size, try to keep a width of at least about 1280 x 1024 pixels. Currently this is often full screen, but soon this may be less than half screen.
   • If you do not want to share quality images, you are welcome to upload smaller images.
3. Consider uploading original PNG or TIFF images, if you have this quality level (do not convert a JPG image to PNG or TIFF though).
   • For the purpose of thumbnail generation, a hardcoded limit of 50 million pixels (ca. 6000 x 8000 px / 7000 x 7000) exists.
   • The maximum file size is currently 25 MB. You may, however, reach an earlier timeout value.