Zsolt Mesterhazy Conifer CD with 200,000 images

Just thought some of you would be interested in this (I don't have it yet):

Digital Revolution in the Conifer Taxonomy!

© Mesterhazy, Zsolt
Institutional member of the American Conifer Society (ACS) and the Hungarian Botanical Garden Society (MABOSZ)

The Conifer Treasury of the World 2.0

2nd edition, 1st digital edition 2005. Budapest , Hungary
a living digital conifer taxonomy with 200000 images on CD, a new challenge of the 3th Millennium.


The first printed edition of the Conifer Treasury of the World in 1995 contained
550 pages with about 13000 records.
Since that time the Treasury became richer with about 4000 new records,
mainly new cultivars, and about 2000 additional World Wide Web connections.
By that way this new 2005 digital edition of the Treasury contains not only textal informations,
but contains about 200.000 conifer photos via the WorldWideWeb too,
created by thousands of web sites.
This enormous scientific enterpise could never realized without the Net.



Price: EUR 40 € inclusive shipping in Europe , USD 45 to overseas use, ordered at the publisher.
Ordering at third sales organizations could realize different prices.



Contact and ordering: zs.mesterhazy@chello.hu
Address:
Mesterházy, Zsolt H-1082 Budapest, Baross utca 109. I. 6. Hungary

http://fenyo.lap.hu
http://kep.tar.hu/mesterhazypinetum

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Published by - Dr. Orlóci László, 1083 Budapest , Illés utca 25. Hungary
ISBN 963 460 895 7

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Dax

Dax, is this from the same book that Debreczy and Racz have been working on for decades? It came out a few years ago in Hungarian, but I haven't yet seen the English translation.

Guy S.

Well Debrecy and Racz are two names I'm not familiar with, however the same story can be assimilated that many decades went into the making of this book. If I remember correctly, 40 years were devoted from a young aspiring photographer and coniferite, and the scientist/dendrologist/biologist - whatever this persons official title is, went into the book's creation. This book definitely can bring into literal context 'what can and cannot grow' anywhere in the world just as my 'comparing climates' example was previously used. It's really a history of the earth, I truly believe a very well put together study of conifers on every continent of the globe, etc, etc. And the photography is supposed to also be spectacular.

Dax

Ignore that answer above, please. No Guy, this thread is about a Photo CD of 200,000 images (even though it may include text). Plus the guy I believe is photographing mainly cultivars.

Sorry about that, even if no need to be.

Thanks,

Dax

Heck I don't know Guy! All I know is that I believe the photos mainly are cultivars - that is, I think they are. Somewhere I read that '4000' new plants had been registered since the book I guess it was' and this guy has a disc for sale with over 200,000 images or whatever number he says as I think he says 200,000 someplace and then another place he says something like 200,000.

Kind of a dream CD for someone such as me:)

I'm glad you asked. Thanks.

Dax

The original book was titled "Fenyok a Fold Korul" (with many umlauts included). I had helped them a little with it and they gave me a copy. But it's not about cultivars, it's a worldwide coniferous flora. I believe the English version is out now, and perhaps that's it on that other thread.
Guy S.

It's supposed to be the only book of its' kind (that I know of), and yes it's on the other thread I started called 'Conifers Around The World'.

Sorry everybody I/posssibly we got off track.

Here's the link to what we've been discussing and Guy is right about the author:

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/636038/

Dax