@br00t4c that is nothing new.

#GitHub, like any public platform that allows to store data, can be #abused for malicious use.

• Whilst GitHub doesn't ban #malware per-se, it shure as hell bans the use of GitHub to distribute and facilitate it or otherwise cause harm, damages and liabilities for GitHub, 3rd parties and other users as per their #ToS.

They do also #scan for #KnownMalware & #DMCA #violations in a #ContentID / #signature/#checksum-based #scanning type to prevent blatant #abuse by #Skiddies.

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#GIS #spatial #mapping #galaxy #model #modeling #extraterrestrial #ESA #Gaia #spacecraft #remotesensing #MilkyWay #scanning #survey #spatialanalysis #imagery #research #opendata
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Finally, some scanning tips for tricky items.

If you have an oversized item, and you can't get a scanner that can do it all at once, you can do overlapping scans (usually 1-2 extra pages is enough), then merge them in #hugin. 10 degrees as the FOV seems to be good, then follow the wizard prompts- if you're told there's not enough control points, re-do the scans where it's not connected, and try again. Then export the final file, and you've got a scan of the whole item. Works for both horizontal & vertical directions. (thanks to https://hugin.sourceforge.io/tutorials/scans/en.shtml for the pointers).

Second, if you have an item that's printed really close to the edge, and your book edge scanner still can't get the innermost text, lift the inner part on the edge a bit so it's floating, and try again. The scanner should light up the whole page area, and all the text should now be visible along the page curl.

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The final two pieces of software are proprietary: Plustek's scanning software, and Hamrick's #VueScan (which is cross-platform, but I use it on Windows currently).
#plustek's config/scanning tool is really good at scanning & splitting things for you- I've used this extensively for smaller magazines, manuals, and pamphlets. It's quick & effective.
#VueScan is my current go-to for book/magazine scanning (anything that's printed to the edge). It's really good at this, and absolutely trash at any document that needs to be split- I try every so often, and just find I've wasted an hour trying to get it to work.

#scanning #tips #software On the many software packages I've used for scans, and what, if anything, they excel at.

Document Scanner (GTK, Linux)- preview/scan are the same, and you can do multi-page/panel items fairly easily by re-scanning the page again and just moving the selection box to the next section.

Skanlite (KDE, Linux)- good for single page items, nice amount of configurable options for scans to adjust colors & other items. Used this with a auto-save mode for a while.

Skanpage (KDE, Linux)- multi-page documents, and things that need to be split in two (manuals, booklets, pamphlets, etc). Best option I've found on #linux for scanning things that fit on the glass that need to be split into two pages- just preview, pick split horizontal or split vertical, confirm the split is right, and then hit scan- it scans the thing and splits it for you.

#scanning A little about the scanners themselves that I've used:
#Canon CanoScan LiDE 300- this is a solid workhorse under Linux, and is what I used for quite a long term to do a wide variety of scans. I've used Gnome Document Scanner, KDE Skanlite & Skanpage with this.
#Plustek OpticSlim 2680H- picked this up as a "parts only" thing, and got lucky there. This is absolutely amazing when you have a magazine/brochure/pamphlet that fits open on the glass
#microtek XT3300- this is my book edge scanner (was cheaper than a Plustek OpticBook at the time).

#clamav doing its thing from command line 'scan the fckn lot' instruction.... this is gonna take a while!!
One of the real tricky things with the #redirect #malware is that it only does it intermittently so it's a few days before you can assume the fckr is dead. Grrrrr.
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