Editing Digitization (section)

==Examples==
[[File:Digitizing Estonian popular science magazine Horisont.jpg|thumb|Digitization of the first number of Estonian popular science magazine ''[[Horisont]]'' published in January 1967]]
The term is used to describe, for example, the [[image scanner|scanning]] of analog sources (such as printed [[photo]]s or taped [[video]]s) into computers for editing, 3D scanning that creates [[3D modeling]] of an object's surface, and [[Sound recording and reproduction|audio]] (where sampling rate is often measured in [[kilohertz]]) and [[Graphics pipeline#Modeling transformation|texture map]] transformations. In this last case, as in normal photos, the sampling rate refers to the [[Image resolution|resolution]] of the image, often measured in [[pixel]]s per inch.

Digitizing is the primary way of storing images in a form suitable for [[transmission (telecommunications)|transmission]] and [[computer]] processing, whether scanned from two-dimensional analog originals or captured using an [[image sensor]]-equipped device such as a [[digital camera]], [[tomography|tomographical]] instrument such as a [[CAT scan]]ner, or acquiring precise dimensions from a real-world object, such as a [[motor vehicle|car]], using a [[3D scanner|3D scanning]] device.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digimation {{!}} 3D Training and Simulation |url=https://digimation.com/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Digitizing is central to making digital representations of geographical features, using raster or vector images, in a [[geographic information system]], i.e., the creation of [[electronic map]]s, either from various geographical and satellite imaging (raster) or by digitizing traditional paper [[map]]s or [[Chart|graphs]] (vector).{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

"Digitization" is also used to describe the process of populating [[database]]s with files or data.  While this usage is technically inaccurate, it originates with the previously proper use of the term to describe that part of the process involving digitization of analog sources, such as printed pictures and brochures, before uploading to target databases.<ref name="abc"/>

Digitizing may also be used in the field of apparel, where an image may be recreated with the help of [[Machine embroidery#Computerized machine embroidery|embroidery digitizing]] software tools and saved as [[Machine embroidery#List of machine embroidery design file extensions|embroidery machine]] code. This machine code is fed into an embroidery machine and applied to the fabric. The most supported format is DST file. Apparel companies also digitize clothing patterns.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hedstrom|first=Margaret|date=1997-05-01|title=Digital Preservation: A Time Bomb for Digital Libraries|journal=Computers and the Humanities|volume=31|issue=3|pages=189–202|doi=10.1023/A:1000676723815|issn=1572-8412|hdl=2027.42/42573|s2cid=15327062 |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/42573/1/10579_2004_Article_153071.pdf|hdl-access=free}}</ref>