Comments on: World's largest panorama: London http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jeffrey Martin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1665552 Jeffrey Martin Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1665552 Hi, The 4 months was mainly to get it NICELY aligned and blended. If you don't care about artistic merit and aesthetic quality, you can probably get this whole thing online in a day. However, the optics are more or less stretched to the limit, and air is not transparent, so this aspect of the image is, I believe, taken to the farthest extreme that today's technology allows. Hi,

The 4 months was mainly to get it NICELY aligned and blended. If you don’t care about artistic merit and aesthetic quality, you can probably get this whole thing online in a day.

However, the optics are more or less stretched to the limit, and air is not transparent, so this aspect of the image is, I believe, taken to the farthest extreme that today’s technology allows.

]]> By: Jeffrey Martin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1665549 Jeffrey Martin Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1665549 No. It's only the last "major error" that I didn't fix, because I ran out of time. An error like this would normally take 30 minutes to fix, but with this size dataset and the software's problem with the amount of data, this takes about a week to fix :( I will fix it soon, hopefully. No. It’s only the last “major error” that I didn’t fix, because I ran out of time. An error like this would normally take 30 minutes to fix, but with this size dataset and the software’s problem with the amount of data, this takes about a week to fix :( I will fix it soon, hopefully.

]]> By: Jeffrey Martin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1665547 Jeffrey Martin Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1665547 I shot Tokyo just before London. That will be released shortly. :-) Also, I have been working on a 360 video camera:  http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kickstarting-a-360-streaming.htmlhttp://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kickstarting-a-360-streaming.html www.kickstarter.com/projects/1996234044/sphericam-the-easy-360o-video-camera I shot Tokyo just before London. That will be released shortly. :-)

Also, I have been working on a 360 video camera: 
http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kickstarting-a-360-streaming.htmlhttp://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/kickstarting-a-360-streaming.html
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1996234044/sphericam-the-easy-360o-video-camera

]]> By: Jeffrey Martin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1665539 Jeffrey Martin Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1665539 Hi,  We'll try to add a button to toggle "click/drag" and "pilot a camera around" modes of navigation, ok? ;-) Hi, 

We’ll try to add a button to toggle “click/drag” and “pilot a camera around” modes of navigation, ok? ;-)

]]> By: eviladrian http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1664088 eviladrian Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1664088 Well, it took 18 hours, but I finally found Wally! Well, it took 18 hours, but I finally found Wally!

]]> By: Symbiote http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1664063 Symbiote Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1664063 I thought I should back that up.  It's 65% renting in Camden (containing the building the photagraph is taken from, and extending north, but not most typical "tourist bits" of London). http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council-and-democracy/about-the-council/camden-data-and-the-census/;jsessionid=73C82BCCC86D01551EE8B17D229392BA For all London it's 48.4%, but will be higher in inner London: http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/londonfacts/default.htm?category=10 I thought I should back that up.  It’s 65% renting in Camden (containing the building the photagraph is taken from, and extending north, but not most typical “tourist bits” of London).

http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council-and-democracy/about-the-council/camden-data-and-the-census/;jsessionid=73C82BCCC86D01551EE8B17D229392BA

For all London it’s 48.4%, but will be higher in inner London: http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/londonfacts/default.htm?category=10

]]> By: Symbiote http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1664059 Symbiote Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1664059 Probably because pretty much everything you can see is rented (not owner-occupied), and there's such a shortage of housing that landlord's don't have much incentive to make expensive improvements. Probably because pretty much everything you can see is rented (not owner-occupied), and there’s such a shortage of housing that landlord’s don’t have much incentive to make expensive improvements.

]]> By: TheManWithSaltHair http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1664002 TheManWithSaltHair Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1664002 Digital TV still uses aerials! Digital TV still uses aerials!

]]> By: TheManWithSaltHair http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1664001 TheManWithSaltHair Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1664001 That's the Jeremy Bentham pub http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham. The guys are most likely University College London students (the Greek style building behind). That’s the Jeremy Bentham pub http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham. The guys are most likely University College London students (the Greek style building behind).

]]> By: Antlan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663989 Antlan Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663989 So far, I have only found one building with solar panels. So far, I have only found one building with solar panels.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663967 benher Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663967 Nifty bar sign here (note, maybe not a bar): http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-105.6721&view.vlookat=22.2409&view.fov=1.0542&imarkerath=-105.6721&imarkeratv=22.2409 And a few random scalawags, hoodlums, and ruffians up the block on their way for a pint no doubt! ;) Nifty bar sign here (note, maybe not a bar):

http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-105.6721&view.vlookat=22.2409&view.fov=1.0542&imarkerath=-105.6721&imarkeratv=22.2409

And a few random scalawags, hoodlums, and ruffians up the block on their way for a pint no doubt! ;)

]]> By: Jim O'Connell http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663965 Jim O'Connell Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663965 My GF was astounded at the complete lack of cats on windowsills, but managed to find what could be a couple locked in an embrace on a bed: http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-137.7247&view.vlookat=35.8525&view.fov=0.2419&imarkerath=-137.7247&imarkeratv=35.8525 My GF was astounded at the complete lack of cats on windowsills, but managed to find what could be a couple locked in an embrace on a bed:
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-137.7247&view.vlookat=35.8525&view.fov=0.2419&imarkerath=-137.7247&imarkeratv=35.8525

]]> By: twianto http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663962 twianto Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663962 Now I'm not an expert but from what I can tell, both of them are just a fraction of the resolution of this project. Granted, the second one is much better than the first one you linked to (which you can't zoom at all really) but it's still much, much less detailed. Now I’m not an expert but from what I can tell, both of them are just a fraction of the resolution of this project. Granted, the second one is much better than the first one you linked to (which you can’t zoom at all really) but it’s still much, much less detailed.

]]> By: Brianfit http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663924 Brianfit Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663924 Wow. All those TV antennas, and no analogue TV signals going out in London anymore? Harvest and recycle startup ideas, anyone? Wow. All those TV antennas, and no analogue TV signals going out in London anymore? Harvest and recycle startup ideas, anyone?

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663919 Wreckrob8 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663919 Problem is they just grow back even stronger, like weeds. We need a better solution than pruning. Problem is they just grow back even stronger, like weeds. We need a better solution than pruning.

]]> By: sqrrlwrench http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663908 sqrrlwrench Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663908 Buzby # 3 http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-37.2571&view.vlookat=2.8967&view.fov=0.2108 Buzby # 3
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-37.2571&view.vlookat=2.8967&view.fov=0.2108

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663896 Cowicide Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663896 I was just teasing, I figure if you're allowed to keep pigs, you can probably keep chickens too. ^_^ I was just teasing, I figure if you’re allowed to keep pigs, you can probably keep chickens too. ^_^

]]> By: violentbloom http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663857 violentbloom Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663857 It doesn't seem like the largest... there was the view from the shard at dusk:http://www.the-shard.com/views/360.htmlAnd also Will Peterson's view from the shard:http://www.willpearson.co.uk/virtual-tour/gigapixel-view-from-the-top-of-the-shard/ It doesn’t seem like the largest…

there was the view from the shard at dusk:http://www.the-shard.com/views/360.htmlAnd also Will Peterson’s view from the shard:http://www.willpearson.co.uk/virtual-tour/gigapixel-view-from-the-top-of-the-shard/

]]> By: rtresco http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663855 rtresco Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663855 At this link, if you zoom out a tad from these gentlemen and go up to the rooftops behind them you will see a rooftop playground/soccer pitch for a school...and then just below the playground you will see a small roof area where all the soccer balls have gone to die. At this link, if you zoom out a tad from these gentlemen and go up to the rooftops behind them you will see a rooftop playground/soccer pitch for a school…and then just below the playground you will see a small roof area where all the soccer balls have gone to die.

]]> By: Mike Gust http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663842 Mike Gust Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663842 This is amazing. Kudos. I used to have to stitch together small panoramas for movie scouting. It could be extremely frustrating. I couldn't imagine what it took to manually put this together, even with all the advances in tech.  This is amazing. Kudos. I used to have to stitch together small panoramas for movie scouting. It could be extremely frustrating. I couldn’t imagine what it took to manually put this together, even with all the advances in tech. 

]]> By: digitalmonk http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663828 digitalmonk Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663828 Here's a fellow who's chopped in two: pic.twitter.com/l4HnD9yJpX Here’s a fellow who’s chopped in two: pic.twitter.com/l4HnD9yJpX

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663817 Gilbert Wham Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663817  If only...  If only…

]]> By: Pobol Pobotrol http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663816 Pobol Pobotrol Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663816 It must be early closing on Wednesday afternoons. It must be early closing on Wednesday afternoons.

]]> By: mikei http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663812 mikei Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663812 Nightcrawler, I suspect.  Just try zooming right  in on him. Nightcrawler, I suspect.  Just try zooming right  in on him.

]]> By: Ben Hutchings http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663807 Ben Hutchings Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663807 Rotating scenery: http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-96.9719&view.vlookat=6.1804&view.fov=5.3595&imarkerath=-96.9719&imarkeratv=6.1804 Rotating scenery: http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-96.9719&view.vlookat=6.1804&view.fov=5.3595&imarkerath=-96.9719&imarkeratv=6.1804

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663795 Nathan Hornby Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663795 If there's anywhere in the UK you can't keep chickens, I'm not aware of it - maybe very specific areas, but I don't think whole towns. If there’s anywhere in the UK you can’t keep chickens, I’m not aware of it – maybe very specific areas, but I don’t think whole towns.

]]> By: sborgeson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663781 sborgeson Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663781 If this took 90 minutes to capture on equipment costing about $100k and 4 months to assemble on two computers, is no one else wondering what you could do with a $1B budget and a whole data center at your disposal? Live video panopticon? Facial tracking 3D panopticon? From now on, I'm sticking to thoughcrime! If this took 90 minutes to capture on equipment costing about $100k and 4 months to assemble on two computers, is no one else wondering what you could do with a $1B budget and a whole data center at your disposal? Live video panopticon? Facial tracking 3D panopticon? From now on, I’m sticking to thoughcrime!

]]> By: gamophyte http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663769 gamophyte Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663769 aww teh heck, it didn't keep my spot, he's in that building and the tabloid is partially readable.  aww teh heck, it didn’t keep my spot, he’s in that building and the tabloid is partially readable. 

]]> By: gamophyte http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663767 gamophyte Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663767 aww all I found was a bald guy reading the tabloids http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=116.4067&view.vlookat=46.6858&view.fov=0.4686&imarkerath=116.4067&imarkeratv=46.6858 aww all I found was a bald guy reading the tabloids http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=116.4067&view.vlookat=46.6858&view.fov=0.4686&imarkerath=116.4067&imarkeratv=46.6858

]]> By: lizdesign http://boingboing.net/2013/02/22/worlds-largest-panorama-lon.html#comment-1663764 lizdesign Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214701#comment-1663764 This is really wonderful. I'm really enjoying looking around. Thank you! This is really wonderful. I’m really enjoying looking around. Thank you!

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