REQUEST FOR COMMENT FOR CONVERSION OF 35MM SLIDES TO CD-ROM The responses to this notice will be for informations purposes, and will not result in a contract. Request for comment (RFC) notice is to solicit information from current data conversion organizations. The Forest Service's purpose in providing an opportunity for industry comment is to identify creative approaches and recommendations, as well as identifying potential problems in the particular conversion process. The purpose of this effort is to convert 35mm slides of field investigations and inventories of abandoned mine sites to a digital format. The digitally formatted data will be manipulated in various ways; for example, to magnify portions of the slides or shrink and enlarge entire groups of data up to 17" x 22". The quality of the digital images must be sufficient to allow for a comparison; the size of the files should not be so great as to require an unreasonable amount of storage. The conversion method will allow approximately 15,000 slides to be scanned, placed on CD-ROM, images re-framed, adjustments made to brightness, color, etc.; images would need to be saved as a high resolution image and a thumbnail image. Each CD-ROM would include an html reference sheet in the root directory, which will be a linked index to the images on the CD-ROM. Image identification method would match original slide number with digital image number. Completed CD-ROMs would be grouped as directed by the Forest Service, providing multiple copies of each. As part of the information provided to the Forest Service, description of the method used, and a "before and after" sample of the final product is encouraged to evaluate the quality of the data conversion method. Please denote business size, based on SIC Code 7389 -- Business Services Not Elsewhere Classified, $5.0 million. The Forest Service does not intend to pay for the information solicited and will not recognize any costs associated with submission of this RFC. Information considered proprietary should be clearly identified. All respondents will be included on the planholders' list for the solicitation resulting from the information received. Questions or comments concerning this synopsis, as well as submittal information, shall be directed to Mary Anne Ward, USDA-Forest Service, P O Box 25127, Lakewood CO 80225-0127, or e-mail to maward/r2@fs.fed.us. Questions, comments and information shall be received by the Forest Service by close of business, January 5, 1999. Posted 12/04/98 (W-SN277331).

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