1. A method for archiving digit data on a server computer, and enabling a user, by means of a client computer, to interactively view a digital image derived from said digital data, comprising: receiving by said client computer from said server computer an HTML page, said HTML page including a view window within which a first image is displayed, said view window being partitioned into a plurality of imaginary sub-regions, at least one of which contains a multiplicity of pixels; selecting by said user, using a pointing device, a location within said view window corresponding to one of said plurality of sub-regions; sending by said client computer to said server computer an indication of the sub-region selected by said user; modifying, by said server computer using server-side software, the HTML page to generate a new HTML page with a link to a second image, the second image being an enlarged portion of the first image, and the enlarged portion of the first image corresponding to the selected location; and sending by said server computer to said client computer said new HTML page.