Luna Imaging Inc.

Luna Imaging Inc. is a privately held American software company that has been operating since 1993. It is best known for LUNA, a web-hosted digital asset management (DAM) software solution designed to organize, manage, preserve, curate, and deliver digital collections. The company positions itself as a trusted partner for museums, libraries, archives, individuals, and organizations of all sizes that seek to digitize and display cultural heritage materials. LUNA is built to handle a wide range of media types, including image files, video files, audio files, PDFs, books, and manuscripts. Its toolset includes a responsive viewer for content delivery, data faceting for discovery, collection categories for organization, and peer-to-peer sharing through IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework). The platform is used by prominent institutions around the world, such as the Brooklyn Museum, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the David Rumsey Map Collection, among many others listed on the company's website. In addition to its software, Luna Imaging provides digitization services, either on-site or from its studios in Los Angeles. The company has also been involved in research and development initiatives, including the Machines Reading Maps (MRM) project, which explores machine learning for enhanced discovery of text on historic maps. In 2023, the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University hosted an MRM team gathering to present results illustrated by the David Rumsey Map Collection in LUNA. Luna Imaging remains a specialist vendor in the cultural heritage technology sector, with a focus on long-term preservation and access to digital collections. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, and it serves clients globally.

Luna Imaging Inc. was founded in 1993 and has since been dedicated to helping cultural heritage institutions digitize and display their collections online. The company's flagship product, LUNA, is a web-hosted digital asset management software solution that has evolved over three decades to support a wide range of media types and institutional needs. In 2023, Luna Imaging celebrated its 30th anniversary with an interactive timeline highlighting its history of innovation. Throughout its history, Luna Imaging has partnered with prominent museums, libraries, archives, and universities worldwide. Its client list includes institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the David Rumsey Map Collection. The company has also been involved in research projects like Machines Reading Maps (MRM), which aims to enhance discovery of text on historic maps using machine learning. In April 2023, the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University hosted an MRM team gathering to present project results, with the David Rumsey Map Collection in LUNA serving as a key illustration. Luna Imaging provides both software and digitization services, operating from its headquarters in Los Angeles, California. The company continues to serve a global clientele, focusing on the preservation and accessibility of digital cultural heritage materials.

• 2023

  Celebrated 30 years of innovation with an interactive timeline.

• 1993

  Luna Imaging Inc. founded.

• David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University hosted Machines Reading Maps (MRM) team gathering.

Trusted partner for cultural heritage institutions seeking to digitize, manage, and display digital collections.

• LUNA Software

  Web-hosted digital asset management software for organizing, managing, preserving, curating, and delivering digital collections. Supports images, video, audio, PDFs, books, and manuscripts. Features responsive viewer, data faceting, collection categories, and IIIF-based peer-to-peer sharing.

• Digitization Services

  On-site or in-studio digitization services provided from Los Angeles.

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3. 3Unearthing the research potential of historic maps | Luna Imaging, Inc.lunaimaging.com
4. 4Wikidata: Luna Imaging Inc.wikidata.org