2.5 Gigapixel photo
 

http://www.tpd.tno.nl/smartsite966.html
Wasted a while of my time just messing around with the photo, twas heaps o' fun.
Facts
* Final image dimensions: 78,797 x 31,565 pixels
* Number of pixels in final image: 2,487,227,305 (2.5 gigapixel)
* Final image file format: 24-bit colour bitmap
* Final image file size: 7.5 GBytes
* Number of source images: 600
* Number of pixels in source images: 3,537,408,000 (600 images * 3008*1960)
* Lens focal length: 400 mm (equivalent to 600 mm on a 35 mm camera)
* Aperture: F22, Shutter speed: 1/100, ISO: 125
* Horizontal field of view of final image: 93 degrees
* Time required to capture component images: 1 hour and 12 minutes
* Time required to match overlapping images: 20 hours
* Time required to optimise project: 4 hours
* Time required to compose the image: 3 full days using 5 high-end pcs
* Time required to blend seams / correct misalignments / finalise image: 2 days

OH MY GAWD! THAT'S FABULOUS!!

Excellent find Soda_Bob!!

Interesting. Too bad it wasn't used on a porn shoot though.

The amount of clarity when you zoom in is simply amazing. You could spend hours playing "Where's 'so and so' in that picuture?"

That is by far the coolest picture I've seen.
The zoom feature is unbelievable.

That's so cool. Here's a challenge for you all - I found a floating head/half torso in the pic somewhere. See if you can find it! (I'll check back in a couple of months to see if anyone's got it - it'll probably take that long!)

thats huge, and the possibilities for use are unlimited!

I found several seams including a few half torsos and a car that melts into a bus. doesn't affect the coolness factor though :)

Wow.

I have no idea why that's so cool.

Completely insane. You can even read the license plates on the cars and see what's in their back windows. I'm sure our governments have even better technology to check-up on us. :hmm:

That really is excellent.

I'm searching around it and don't think i will stop anytime soon. Looking to see what people are doing in the houses at the moment. Not many people seem to be near their windows though which is a shame. I'll keep searching, if i find anything worth reporting i will.

Going back to the pic now.

That is soo cool. :cool:

Amazing, brings new meaning to Where's Waldo...

Wow... you can zoom in far enough to easily read vehicle's license plates...

Simply amazing...

This is cool. The group of four people near the center...the one chick looks hot, and then I found a part of a car. Most of it's there, but the right rear corner was missing. Super cool.

The picture is awesome. This must be like what the NSA sees from its spy satellites :)

Man, I wish I had one of those "21" Cinematic Displays" - Great job Soda_Bob, I hope you filed for a patent. Next project: Live images.

By the way, what city is it? Can anyone tell?

Somewhere in Canada?

Amsterdam?

It's bit hard to read the writing, is it in Norway maybe? Nice city though.

It's looking a little like somewhere in Europe. Like the others...I'm not sure, but that's what I'd say.

It's funny, I first noticed something was weird when I couldn't see any signs like McDonalds, Exxon, Starbucks, Gap, Target, Wal-Mart etc. You know, how a typical American city/town. And look at all the trees.....

So unlike LA....

It's taken in the city of Delft, which is in Holland

Canada??
ahahaha



the licenses plates definitley point towards somewhere in europe. who knows where tho..(well, probably one of you guys :p )


also a question for you technical guys; if the file size is 7.5 gigs, how are we able to view it in such detail without actually downloading the 7.5 gig file?

thats so cool great find.

big,bigger,huge!

Ahhhhhh! *slaps forehead* Delft!

Well, my Amsterdam guess was kinda close, at least it's in Holland.

Yeah Canada, what was I thinking! I got a little jumpy and started blurting out answers withouth thinking, hehehe!

Wait, Rainheart, how do you know it's in Delft? Was there a sign somewhere or could you tell by the license plate? I think in Europe they have that oval sticker on the back of the car tellling you what country they're from: Like, "CH" for Switzerland, "ESP" for Spain, etc.. If so, where in the "grid" would it be, I'd like to check it out too. I got tired of scrolling around everywhere...

SLUG BUG! :thumbsup:

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Ok, pop quiz, who can tell me what time the picture was taken? Only by looking at the picture.

slug bug, blue bottom left

3:07.... or around that time. This is possibly the most cool thing I have ever laid eyes upon...

Yes, thats awsome.

That was worth reinstalling IE to see.

Worked fine on mozilla.

Firefox w/flash plugin worked fine.

That was a truely awesome photo!

That was fantastic when i zoomed in on the ground in a random spot and could see the individual rocks.

Good stuff.

Wow.. the level of detail is amazing. I actually ran across that link a while agao and didn't realise what it was!

That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen on the internet. Well done.

yep, there's a clock tower way in the background.

Damn, I found it but got there too late. Anything else to find?