CLOUD COMPUTING
Preserving a 138-year legacy with humans in the loop The approach also safeguards the society’ s legacy for the next century.
By centralising assets on AWS Cloud, the society preserves irreplaceable materials while making them useful.
Instead of being locked in separate systems, records of our planet’ s history – from 19th-century century photographs to the latest deep‐ocean dives – become part of an active, searchable memory that grows every year.
Crucially, the tools are designed to assist, not replace, human judgment. Gen AI helps surface possibilities – editors, producers and subjectmatter experts shape the story.
That human‐in‐the‐loop model is well‐suited to the Society’ s standards for accuracy, ethics and context.
As the archive continues to scale and as AI models improve, expect faster turnaround from expedition to edit suite, deeper links between related projects and more inventive reuse of classic material.
For an organisation that has documented the wonders of our world for 138 years, turning its archive into a living, searchable library is more than a technical upgrade. It’ s a way to ensure every shot, map and field note can be found, understood and developed into stories that inspire, educate and protect our planet.
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