Here is a basic sample of what could be done.
https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/partslist/viewplate.php It shows a Part Plate and all the group numbers belonging to that plate underneath. The clicking of the image would require extensive image maps to be created which is too laborious. Currently, if you click one of the group numbers from the list, it will open the detail for that group number. I may try to have it open up nested under that header. But that code for another day. Once again, this was a quick and dirty sample. Once the data is in, we can do a lot more.
The issue I have found is that the parts plates do not OCR very well. There is a lot of call-out lines, tight groupings, and the image confuses the OCR engine and creates a lot of misread in the OCR results. I found that manually transcribing the values off of the page is faster than trying to find and fix all the OCR misreads.
So, if we want to proceed with this, then I would need some volunteers that what to take the time to fill the group numbers from the part plates into an excel spreadsheet, and then I can batch import them into the Database and go forward. I found each sheet only take about 5-10 mins to transcribe at the most.
If one or more of you are interested in helping out then please let send me an email.
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