A Gigipan image is a high resolution digital photograph that has an actual resolution much higher than the camera is capable of taking. This is achieved by zooming the camera in to the maximum (optical) zoom and taking a photograph, the camera is then moved left and right up and down and lots of high zoom images are taken. Back at your PC the computer stitches the photo’s together and merges all the photo’s into one large image. Images can then be uploaded to the http://gigapan.org/ for friends to view and explore the image. Notes can be added, and the image can be geotagged. Smalls details can be found by zooming in on the image and exploring.
The software to stitch the photos together has been available for sometime, however taking the photographs has never been an easy task. Luckily Gigapan systems has built a motorized tripod mount that you mount your camera on that not only does precise movements of the camera to capture the whole seen, but also has adapters available to fit most Digital SLR camera’s to capture all the images electronically. This Tripod is now available at www.have2have.co.za
A great example comes courtesy of Golf Digest (http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/arizona/tpcscottsdale)
Golf Digest photographer, Darren Carroll, shot an 18.3 gigabyte (6,104 megapixels) gigapan of the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale during the PGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open. Zoom in to see PGA golfer Tom Lehman on the tee.
The technology does have faults, the biggest problem being that if something or someone moves they could be in the same photo twice, or if they move in the opposite direction to the camera mount, might evade capture. But when shooting a mostly static panorama the results can be breath-taking and a lot of fun can be had exploring.
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