diff --git a/pyglance/glance/compare.py b/pyglance/glance/compare.py
index 3fbdeb0ea098245b2485a77af73360b5b50ec98c..64c58e8e0e5104778d93077a3bccd0499c2c3560 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/compare.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/compare.py
@@ -431,7 +431,6 @@ def reportGen_raw_data_simple_call (aData, bData, variableDisplayName,
                          epsilon,
                          missingValue,
                          lonLatDataDict=None,
-                         makeSmall=True,
                          doFork=False,
                          shouldClearMemoryWithThreads=useThreads,
                          shouldUseSharedRangeForOriginal=True)
@@ -682,7 +681,6 @@ def inspect_library_call (a_path, var_list=None,
                              dataRanges     = varRunInfo[DISPLAY_RANGES_KEY]       if DISPLAY_RANGES_KEY       in varRunInfo else None,
                              dataRangeNames = varRunInfo[DISPLAY_RANGE_NAMES_KEY]  if DISPLAY_RANGE_NAMES_KEY  in varRunInfo else None,
                              dataColors     = varRunInfo[DISPLAY_RANGE_COLORS_KEY] if DISPLAY_RANGE_COLORS_KEY in varRunInfo else None,
-                             makeSmall=True,
                              doFork=runInfo[DO_MAKE_FORKS_KEY],
                              shouldClearMemoryWithThreads=runInfo[DO_CLEAR_MEM_THREADED_KEY],
                              shouldUseSharedRangeForOriginal=runInfo[USE_SHARED_ORIG_RANGE_KEY],
@@ -1042,7 +1040,6 @@ def reportGen_library_call (a_path, b_path, var_list=None,
                                  dataRanges     = varRunInfo[DISPLAY_RANGES_KEY]       if DISPLAY_RANGES_KEY       in varRunInfo else None,
                                  dataRangeNames = varRunInfo[DISPLAY_RANGE_NAMES_KEY]  if DISPLAY_RANGE_NAMES_KEY  in varRunInfo else None,
                                  dataColors     = varRunInfo[DISPLAY_RANGE_COLORS_KEY] if DISPLAY_RANGE_COLORS_KEY in varRunInfo else None,
-                                 makeSmall=True,
                                  doFork=runInfo[DO_MAKE_FORKS_KEY],
                                  shouldClearMemoryWithThreads=runInfo[DO_CLEAR_MEM_THREADED_KEY],
                                  shouldUseSharedRangeForOriginal=runInfo[USE_SHARED_ORIG_RANGE_KEY],
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/lonlat_util.py b/pyglance/glance/lonlat_util.py
index 80142491613ca73aeec1e27e239ac98ca2b367f0..40b9dabce16f8cf7b7e5e44872cea7862e9d0108 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/lonlat_util.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/lonlat_util.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def check_lon_lat_equality(longitudeADataObject, latitudeADataObject,
                                                    "A", "Lon./Lat. Points Mismatched between A and B\n" +
                                                    "(Shown in A)",
                                                    "LonLatMismatch",
-                                                   outputPath, True,
+                                                   outputPath,
                                                    fullDPI=fullDPI, thumbDPI=thumbDPI, units="degrees")
             
             if ((len(longitudeBDataObject.data[~longitudeBDataObject.masks.ignore_mask]) > 0) and
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def check_lon_lat_equality(longitudeADataObject, latitudeADataObject,
                                                    "B", "Lon./Lat. Points Mismatched between A and B\n" +
                                                    "(Shown in B)",
                                                    "LonLatMismatch",
-                                                   outputPath, True,
+                                                   outputPath,
                                                    fullDPI=fullDPI, thumbDPI=thumbDPI, units="degrees")
     
     # setup our return data
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def compare_spatial_invalidity(longitude_a_object, longitude_b_object,
                                                valid_only_in_mask_a,
                                                "A", "Points only valid in\nFile A\'s longitude & latitude",
                                                "SpatialMismatch",
-                                               output_path, True,
+                                               output_path,
                                                fullDPI=fullDPI, thumbDPI=thumbDPI, units="degrees")
         if ((spatial_info[B_FILE_TITLE_KEY][NUMBER_INVALID_PTS_KEY] > 0) and (do_include_images) and
             (len(longitude_b_object.data[~invalid_in_b_mask]) > 0) and
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def compare_spatial_invalidity(longitude_a_object, longitude_b_object,
                                                valid_only_in_mask_b,
                                                "B", "Points only valid in\nFile B\'s longitude & latitude",
                                                "SpatialMismatch",
-                                               output_path, True,
+                                               output_path,
                                                fullDPI=fullDPI, thumbDPI=thumbDPI, units="degrees")
     
     return invalid_in_common_mask, spatial_info, longitude_common, latitude_common
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/plot.py b/pyglance/glance/plot.py
index d4bdec538e9bd831736487dfb883869b6faa6f50..40bba5e65e5a0de91d5a626de59409d5b157578a 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/plot.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/plot.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def _handle_fig_creation_task(child_figure_function, log_message,
 
 def _log_spawn_and_wait_if_needed (imageDescription, childPids, 
                                    taskFunction, taskOutputPath, taskFigName,
-                                   doMakeThumb=True, doFork=False, shouldClearMemoryWithThreads=False,
+                                   doMakeThumb=False, doFork=False, shouldClearMemoryWithThreads=False,
                                    fullDPI=fullSizeDPI, thumbDPI=thumbSizeDPI) :
     """
     create a figure generation task, spawning a process as needed
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/report-main.txt b/pyglance/glance/report-main.txt
index f7e2c9a771c80cd4d6d3d3392ecd59b7bd32369d..a72b7dc77b14953674dc3715585c0b404244260a 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/report-main.txt
+++ b/pyglance/glance/report-main.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
         %>
         <p>
             % if runInfo[constants.DO_MAKE_IMAGES_KEY] :
-                <a href="./SpatialMismatch.A.png"><img src="./SpatialMismatch.A.small.png"></a><br>
+                <a href="./SpatialMismatch.A.png"><img src="./SpatialMismatch.A.png" width="350"></a><br>
             % endif
             File A has ${fileAInfo[constants.NUMBER_INVALID_PTS_KEY]} valid data points not present in File B.<br>
             File A has a total of ${report.make_formatted_display_string(fileAInfo[constants.PERCENT_INVALID_PTS_KEY])}% invalid longitude/latitude data. <br>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
         %>
         <p>
             % if runInfo[constants.DO_MAKE_IMAGES_KEY] :
-                <a href="./SpatialMismatch.B.png"><img src="./SpatialMismatch.B.small.png"></a><br>
+                <a href="./SpatialMismatch.B.png"><img src="./SpatialMismatch.B.png" width="350"></a><br>
             % endif
             File B has ${fileBInfo[constants.NUMBER_INVALID_PTS_KEY]} valid data points not present in File A.<br>
             File B has a total of ${report.make_formatted_display_string(fileBInfo[constants.PERCENT_INVALID_PTS_KEY])}% longitude/latitude invalid data. <br>
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/report-variable.txt b/pyglance/glance/report-variable.txt
index e71ee0c10c723d60b5bca218fbd39d1a7b9e2e83..0f56145e71597b8973e248b4e149c3f88e0ede83 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/report-variable.txt
+++ b/pyglance/glance/report-variable.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
         <h3>Original Data</h3>
         <p>
             % for image in sorted(imageNames[constants.ORIGINAL_IMAGES_KEY]):
-                <a href="./${image}"><img src="small.${image}"></a>
+                <a href="./${image}"><img src="${image}" width="350"></a>
             % endfor
         </p>
     % endif
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
                         <hr>
                         <% inSubSet = False %>
                     % endif
-                    <a href="./${image}"><img src="./small.${image}"></a>
+                    <a href="./${image}"><img src="./${image}" width="350"></a>
 
                 ## if we have a subset of images, separate it from the rest
                 % elif (type(image) is list) :
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
                     <hr>
                     <blockquote>
                         % for subImage in image :
-                            <a href="./${subImage}"><img src="./small.${subImage}"></a>
+                            <a href="./${subImage}"><img src="./${subImage}" width="350"></a>
                         % endfor
                     </blockquote>
                 % endif
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/report.py b/pyglance/glance/report.py
index 244830c79e8a04d2322b11507fe1c07c23ff59dc..d3cea10e6333eee52a402c6f3e342343e73851c6 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/report.py
+++ b/pyglance/glance/report.py
@@ -434,8 +434,6 @@ def generate_and_save_variable_report(files,
                       ORIGINAL_IMAGES_KEY : [list, of, file-names, of, original, images],
                       COMPARED_IMAGES_KEY : [list, of, file-names, of, compared, images]
                      }
-    note: the assumption will be made that smaller versions of these images exist
-    in the form small.filename 
     
     any of the first level of keys in spatial are optional,
     although it is assumed that if you include an entry for A_FILE_TITLE_KEY or