Volume 15 and possibly volume 8 of the "Histoire Universell" are missing! I always suspected the universe was insufficiently documented. Now we have found the source.<p>(Look Northwest, first two shelf columns to the left of the doorway, 8th shelf from the floor. I'm going to make a note in my pivotaltracker blaming Jsarokin for today's velocity.)
While not 40 gigapixels, I really loved this similar 360 of the Sistine Chapel <a href="http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html</a><p>I had always known about the central image in the top of the Chapel but until this I didn't see that the entire room was so well done.
<i>The photo is 40 gigapixels (40,000 megapixels); 280,000 x 140,000 pixels; made of 2947 images joined together; used a Canon 550D and 200mm lens; print size 23m x 11m; stitched file size 280GB [...]</i><p>Can someone shed light on what file format would use 7 bytes per pixel (280 GB / 40 Gpixel = 7 bytes/pixel) for something like this? Is it HDR, i.e. more than 24 bits of color?
For a weird, distorting effect, press control to zoom all the way out and pan around. It seems that it tries to put you're view point "behind" the actual camera location. Not sure if it's a "bug" or not, but it looks neat nonetheless.
I think it would be cool if they had a feature to save the location I zoom in. Given the level of detail that a photo like this offers, I might find something I want to show to someone with just a link.
Other than awesomeness, what is most striking is that you can almost read the text on the covers of the books next to the people, which is way on the other side of the room. Pretty incredible. If only our eyes could see that well :)
Skip the TC bullshit and go to the source:
<a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/03/strahov-monastery-panoramic-image/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/03/strahov-monastery-pan...</a>