Method and apparatus for creating a virtual microscope slide

A data structure of images taken from a specimen on a microscope slide comprising a first series of contiguous, multiple images at a first magnification abutted against each other to create an overall low resolution view of several adjacent, original microscope images assembled together; the first series of multiple images taken from at least a portion of a specimen on the slide; a second series of contiguous, multiple images at a second higher magnification abutted against each other to create a high resolution view of several adjacent, original microscope images assembled together, taken from said portion of the specimen; and the first and second series of images providing multiple resolution images of the slide specimen to a viewer.