2.5 gigapixel photo

Daz · Nov 2004

You've probably all seen it, but this is pretty impressive :

http://www.tpd.tno.nl/Pics/DII/gigazoom/Delft2.htm

definitely benefits from a fast internet connection!

Mishra · Nov 2004

woah. i just zoomed in on the couple on the bike and that's not even visible on the old one.

uh oh, it's fake. i just found a seam.

adam · Nov 2004

Nah, gigapixel cameras/pictures are legit. We were checkin' them out @ #md.

Joshua Stubbles · Nov 2004

pretty freaky that you can zoom in and read license plates

Jes · Nov 2004

Well, I don't expect legit pictures to sport a man without his torso and head... xP

tpe · Nov 2004

The Hubble Telescope has something like 4 gigapixel, its not really a standard digital camera tho

if you pointed it at earth you could aparently see the cigarettes in you pockets, cool pic

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Dark Bob · Nov 2004

I found Waldo

FatAssasin · Nov 2004

Wow, they've got some funny lookin' cars over there.

It's not a fake. The entire picture wasn't taken at one time. Here's a link with more info:
Link

MoP · Nov 2004

I like how you can read the writing on the crane, which you can't even see at full zoom-out.
However, I did see a light/dark seam and found the deadly zombie half-guy (next to the guy with a little bit of his head missing).

Daz · Nov 2004

They do? Looked like pretty bog standard Peugots, Vauxalls, Audis and Mercedes to me........impressive that you can read the license plates I thought.

FatAssasin · Nov 2004

Anyone here ever check out the Keyhole demo when it first came out? It's a program that let's you start from a view of an entire continent and then zoom into the street you grew up on. Apparently you have to subscribe to it now, but I remember it was pretty cool to zoom around the world.
www.keyhole.com

FatAssasin · Nov 2004

There's something weird going on with the perspective, check out the parking lot towards the right of the picture, where you can see someone riding a bike. The cars that are parallel to the camera look stretched out, and the cars perpindicular look squashed. That's why I thought they were funny looking. Strange.

Apostle · Nov 2004

it's consisted of 600 individual images.
read about it here

Grafox · Nov 2004

Waaah, cool, that's my university

I can even see my faculty. Delft, University of Technology

ElysiumGX · Nov 2004

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Anyone here ever check out the Keyhole demo when it first came out?

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Google recently acquired them.

adam · Nov 2004

Heh, theres a bus meshed in with the front of a car. Now I can really tell the picture wasn't all taken at once.

Daz · Nov 2004

Its made from 600 different shots. explanation for the severed torsos here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4022149.stm

*edit* sorry Apostle, missed your post.

AfroLeft · Nov 2004

http://opensource.arc.nasa.gov/project.jsp?id=9

Made by NASA and free (i think).. But its only black and white when you zoom in (unless they changed it recently)

2.5 gigapixel photo

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