2.5 gigapixel photo

Anal_Ripper

Russian Federation1233 Posts

November 25 2004 16:59 GMT

[mod edit: reason for bump]

On January 21 2010 15:21 Bub wrote:
If you think that photo from 2004? was amazing, 10 times that and you get this! Biggest photo in the world

"The picture was made with the Canon 5D mark II and a 400mm-lens. It consists of 1.665 full format pictures with 21.4 megapixel, which was recorded by a photo-robot in 172 minutes. The converting of 102 GB raw data by a computer with a main memory cache of 48 GB and 16 processors took 94 hours. With a resolution of 297.500 x 87.500 pixel (26 gigapixel) the picture is the largest in the world. (stand December 2009)"

Original Post:

I didn't think I'd post here again but I just had to share it.
check this out. Some dutch dudes used more than 600 cameras (and 5 computers) to produce this 7,5 gb picture.

GTR

51639 Posts

November 25 2004 17:02 GMT

its a nono to look at with a modem

Stim_Abuser

United States1277 Posts

November 25 2004 17:02 GMT

nice

0x64

Finland4628 Posts

November 25 2004 18:25 GMT

Its a bit buggy, there are cars cut in half!

RaGe

Belgium9950 Posts

November 25 2004 19:03 GMT

wow,you can zoom in on the church and see a shitload of details

tree

United States591 Posts

November 25 2004 19:11 GMT

wtf holy shit. I can see car license plates =\

TH-GP

Australia226 Posts

November 25 2004 19:15 GMT

1second to load, wait i have 1mb/sec connection ^^

JudasT

Spain2226 Posts

November 25 2004 19:28 GMT

Impressive

y2kbug[PM]

Poland317 Posts

November 25 2004 19:28 GMT

You can see what time it is on the church clock o_O

A.Kmicic

Poland89 Posts

November 25 2004 19:51 GMT

#10

WoW.

Alpha

France1495 Posts

November 25 2004 19:51 GMT

#11

if u make a lot of zoom, i can almost see through the window

CyuntiyuL

Canada1740 Posts

November 25 2004 19:54 GMT

#12

Holy crap, that's awesome. I can see like all the details when I zoom.

MaGnIfIcA

Norway2312 Posts

November 25 2004 19:57 GMT

#13

Bla, my stupid school has blokked something her, atleast it doesnt load up.

Anal_Ripper

Russian Federation1233 Posts

November 25 2004 20:04 GMT

#14

On November 26 2004 03:25 0x64 wrote:
Its a bit buggy,

but still pretty impressive

KiLLme1st

United States1824 Posts

November 25 2004 21:17 GMT

#15

Wow, impressive...

Malmis

Sweden1569 Posts

November 25 2004 21:53 GMT

#16

Drooling

CruiseR

Poland4014 Posts

November 25 2004 23:04 GMT

#17

i have 620kb/s and if i zoom i see only a bunch of pixels and no details T-T

0_0

United States2090 Posts

November 25 2004 23:19 GMT

#18

wow cool

. Thats awesome lol

Destroyer

Czech Republic949 Posts

November 25 2004 23:34 GMT

#19

great

1024MB

United States1455 Posts

November 26 2004 00:21 GMT

#20

Haha. Feels like some sort of graphics system that actually "draws" as you get closer.

ReBanned

1929 Posts

November 26 2004 04:16 GMT

#21

I can see a no smoking sign in a hall of the company

Liquid`Nazgul

22427 Posts

November 26 2004 04:22 GMT

#22

I'm almost able to read license plates. it's probably just not the right angle. amazing pic.

wouldn't be pretty to photograph someones face with this.

RiVerS)cOHci

Canada128 Posts

November 26 2004 04:23 GMT

#23

very snazzy

LetMeBeWithYou

Canada4254 Posts

November 26 2004 06:02 GMT

#24

ahaha Rebanned post just got owned by Nazgul's avatar =D

thats crazy!!! its like you see in movies T.T;;

LetMeBeWithYou

Canada4254 Posts

November 26 2004 06:03 GMT

#25

On November 26 2004 13:22 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
I'm almost able to read license plates. it's probably just not the right angle. amazing pic.

wouldn't be pretty to photograph someones face with this.

look at the left! you can read the license plate CLEARLY

it says YX-63-TT

=D thats so crazy

eternalbliss

United States1035 Posts

November 26 2004 06:38 GMT

#26

That's nice.

Liquid`Nazgul

22427 Posts

November 26 2004 06:48 GMT

#27

On November 26 2004 15:03 LetMeBeWithYou wrote:

look at the left! you can read the license plate CLEARLY

it says YX-63-TT

=D thats so crazy

saw them

ahk-gosu

Korea (South)2099 Posts

November 26 2004 06:53 GMT

#28

wow thats nuts
for those of you who havent seen this will also enjoy.
zoom from space

KellO

Mexico189 Posts

November 26 2004 08:11 GMT

#29

awesome

boongee

United States967 Posts

November 26 2004 08:16 GMT

#30

That is fucking amazing.

LetMeBeWithYou

Canada4254 Posts

November 26 2004 08:22 GMT

#31

On November 26 2004 15:48 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:

Show nested quote +

saw them

you just owned eternalbliss's post with your avatar =D

Bub

United States3518 Posts

January 21 2010 06:21 GMT

#32

If you think that photo from 2004? was amazing, 10 times that and you get this! Biggest photo in the world

"The picture was made with the Canon 5D mark II and a 400mm-lens. It consists of 1.665 full format pictures with 21.4 megapixel, which was recorded by a photo-robot in 172 minutes. The converting of 102 GB raw data by a computer with a main memory cache of 48 GB and 16 processors took 94 hours. With a resolution of 297.500 x 87.500 pixel (26 gigapixel) the picture is the largest in the world. (stand December 2009)"

CosmicAC

United States238 Posts

January 21 2010 06:34 GMT

#33

Is it just me or is the link redirecting into some random website in a foreign language...?

rredtooth

5464 Posts

January 21 2010 06:36 GMT

#34

wow you can even see license plates. i assume you meant 1,665 full format pictures instead of 1.665. also, where do you get a computer that sick?

Etherone

United States1898 Posts

January 21 2010 06:41 GMT

#35

On January 21 2010 15:34 CosmicAC wrote:
Is it just me or is the link redirecting into some random website in a foreign language...?

notice the HUGE picture in the middle...

Bub

United States3518 Posts

January 21 2010 06:43 GMT

#36

Maybe I should have added a warning for dial-up users...

Synthesis

Canada167 Posts

January 21 2010 06:43 GMT

#37

I think he meant the one in the op.

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

January 21 2010 06:44 GMT

#38

holy fucking christ that is insane...

Alur

Denmark3900 Posts

January 21 2010 06:45 GMT

#39

That guy by the phone booth looks kind of shady...

thopol

Japan4560 Posts

January 21 2010 06:49 GMT

#40

Wow. That is amazing. It's like you're really there with a good pair of binoculars.

lazz

Australia3119 Posts

January 21 2010 06:49 GMT

#41

On November 26 2004 01:59 Anal_Ripper wrote:
I didn't think I'd post here again but I just had to share it.
check this out. Some dutch dudes used more than 600 cameras (and 5 computers) to produce this 7,5 gb picture.

god dammit now i need a new monitor to fit this on my screen

Manit0u

Poland17785 Posts

January 21 2010 07:03 GMT

#42

Is this the day of resurrecting 2-5 year old threads or did I miss something?

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

January 21 2010 07:14 GMT

#43

On January 21 2010 16:03 Manit0u wrote:
Is this the day of resurrecting 2-5 year old threads or did I miss something?

you missed the bump that contains a link to a picture muuuuuuuuuch more detailed than the original one...

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 07:29 GMT

#44

holy mother of god, thats one big ass picture right there. In other news I managed to found this guy.
I felt like finding Waldo!

+ Show Spoiler +

edit: hope he's not German coz I just noticed his arm position is kinda awkward for a German at least

ErOs_HalO

United States167 Posts

January 21 2010 07:32 GMT

#45

.. Is that link still working? I see no picture when I click on the link just some webpage in a different language..

Did I miss some navigation directions?

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 07:35 GMT

#46

That picture in the OP is 5,5 years old, there is new one (2009) at page 2,

PerksPlus

Canada105 Posts

January 21 2010 08:09 GMT

#47

Pretty sure that the mandelbrot set is a larger "picture"

http://math.hws.edu/xJava/MB/

Suc

Australia1569 Posts

January 21 2010 08:22 GMT

#48

Whooaaaaa, thanks for posting this, this is mind boggling.

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

January 21 2010 08:34 GMT

#49

holy shit that is huge

meeple

Canada10211 Posts

January 21 2010 08:34 GMT

#50

Hmmm... as impressive as this is. It's not really all that useful

Edit: Shit... I didn't really understand the extent of it.

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

January 21 2010 08:35 GMT

#51

wtf i can read the license plate ... crazy

maneatingshoe

Canada484 Posts

January 21 2010 08:35 GMT

#52

Well that wasted a good chunk of my time!

RaGe

Belgium9950 Posts

January 21 2010 08:52 GMT

#53

On January 21 2010 17:09 PerksPlus wrote:
Pretty sure that the mandelbrot set is a larger "picture"

http://math.hws.edu/xJava/MB/

It's not a picture.

Bub

United States3518 Posts

January 21 2010 09:46 GMT

#54

Ya the OP pic is 2.5, two dot five pixels, the one I posted is 26. Twenty fucking six gigapixels.

. ^____^

ThePhan2m

Norway2751 Posts

January 21 2010 10:57 GMT

#55

wow, that is sick. spent so much time watching those pictures. anyone found any flies on the walls yet?

hifriend

China7935 Posts

January 21 2010 11:13 GMT

#56

wtf, can't get the link to work for me

Monsen

Germany2548 Posts

January 21 2010 14:37 GMT

#57

YAY Dresden ! Home sweet home. God, my city is so awesome :D

REDBLUEGREEN

Germany1904 Posts

January 21 2010 14:40 GMT

#58

let's play a game: find this statue of a sitting man, describe where it is or circle him on a more zoomed out pic and go post your pic

Monsen

Germany2548 Posts

January 21 2010 14:45 GMT

#59

On January 21 2010 16:29 IceCube wrote:
holy mother of god, thats one big ass picture right there. In other news I managed to found this guy.
I felt like finding Waldo!

+ Show Spoiler +

edit: hope he's not German coz I just noticed his arm position is kinda awkward for a German at least

He might not be, considering he's waving from a hotel room window.

Cloud

Sexico5880 Posts

January 21 2010 14:53 GMT

#60

I found a crow.

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 14:56 GMT

#61

On January 21 2010 23:45 Monsen wrote:

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He might not be, considering he's waving from a hotel room window.

Considering plates on cars he is:
+ Show Spoiler +

Alethios

New Zealand2765 Posts

January 21 2010 14:58 GMT

#62

The link seems to just take me to some business website. Can't find this legendary picture anywhere!

Khyrandor

Czech Republic158 Posts

January 21 2010 15:04 GMT

#63

This reminds me of this photo of Prague

http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels

It's 18,4 gigapixels, 360˚, 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall.
"This image is the largest spherical panorama in the world as of Dec. 2009."

Monsen

Germany2548 Posts

January 21 2010 15:06 GMT

#64

On January 21 2010 23:56 IceCube wrote:

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Considering plates on cars he is:
+ Show Spoiler +

I'm actually aware of the fact that Dresden is in Germany, especially since I happen to live there.
Still since it is a hotel room, chances are he's a tourist.

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 15:20 GMT

#65

On January 22 2010 00:06 Monsen wrote:

Show nested quote +

I'm actually aware of the fact that Dresden is in Germany, especially since I happen to live there.
Still since it is a hotel room, chances are he's a tourist.

I know man Im just making fun and this is interesting for me to explore and upload the parts of this picture as I think this is a great find.

TimmyMac

Canada499 Posts

January 21 2010 15:28 GMT

#66

similar to the gigapixel project I guess...

Always thought these would be way cooler if they were stereoscopic.

Monsen

Germany2548 Posts

January 21 2010 15:30 GMT

#67

On January 22 2010 00:20 IceCube wrote:

Show nested quote +

I know man Im just making fun and this is interesting for me to explore and upload the parts of this picture as I think this is a great find.

It it

. Not as good as living there though :D

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

January 21 2010 15:31 GMT

#68

On January 21 2010 23:40 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:

let's play a game: find this statue of a sitting man, describe where it is or circle him on a more zoomed out pic and go post your pic

Was hard

+ Show Spoiler +

My picture now :

+ Show Spoiler +

tYsopz

Norway215 Posts

January 21 2010 15:34 GMT

#69

On January 21 2010 23:58 Alethios wrote:
The link seems to just take me to some business website. Can't find this legendary picture anywhere!

This.

Ogawa

Brazil40 Posts

January 21 2010 15:49 GMT

#70

Where is the picture?
Link doesn't work.

Alur

Denmark3900 Posts

January 21 2010 15:51 GMT

#71

+ Show Spoiler +

On January 22 2010 00:31 Thratur wrote:

Show nested quote +

Was hard

+ Show Spoiler +

My picture now :

+ Show Spoiler +

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

You're going easy on us, now find the dude i spoke of earlier in the thread:
My picture:
+ Show Spoiler +

Katsuge

Singapore7730 Posts

January 21 2010 16:00 GMT

#72

doesnt work for me..i'm redirected to some shit website

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

January 21 2010 16:11 GMT

#73

Solution (I found it easy in fact. I just looked for a dark spot)
+ Show Spoiler +

New picture, probably easy but I don't like impossible stuff anyway:
+ Show Spoiler +

Liquid`Nazgul

22427 Posts

January 21 2010 16:22 GMT

#74

solution
+ Show Spoiler +

new picture
+ Show Spoiler +

Ogawa

Brazil40 Posts

January 21 2010 16:39 GMT

#75

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

new one
+ Show Spoiler +

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

January 21 2010 16:40 GMT

#76

i dont see the pic either. I just get some website that i can convert to english but i can't find any link for pics or any sorts.

Edit: The link for pic: http://www.gigapixel-dresden.de/dresden26GP

Hypnosis

United States2061 Posts

January 21 2010 17:20 GMT

#77

We think this is amazing yet we can see it billions of of frames per second our whole lives through the human eye.

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

January 21 2010 17:35 GMT

#78

this is like a peeping toms dream. sadly nobody in germany likes to open windows.

Marimokkori

United States306 Posts

January 21 2010 17:47 GMT

#79

+ Show Spoiler [Solution] +

New
+ Show Spoiler +

Ogawa

Brazil40 Posts

January 21 2010 18:13 GMT

#80

Solution(that was kinda hard)
+ Show Spoiler +

New
+ Show Spoiler +

Liquid`Nazgul

22427 Posts

January 21 2010 18:31 GMT

#81

solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

someone pick a new one if u want

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 18:44 GMT

#82

On January 22 2010 03:31 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

someone pick a new one if u want

+ Show Spoiler [new one] +

Marimokkori

United States306 Posts

January 21 2010 18:53 GMT

#83

Oh damn that one looks tough

Edit: Took me a few minutes, kinda clever.

tyr

France1686 Posts

January 21 2010 18:54 GMT

#84

Solution :
+ Show Spoiler +

New one :
+ Show Spoiler +

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

January 21 2010 18:58 GMT

#85

On January 22 2010 03:44 IceCube wrote:

Show nested quote +

+ Show Spoiler [new one] +

its on the roof of the building that looks like a backwards l. I have no new one.

Edit: wtf i even refreshed the page to make sure nobody answered it.

Marimokkori

United States306 Posts

January 21 2010 19:03 GMT

#86

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New:
+ Show Spoiler +

OK I'm done for a bit ^_^

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

January 21 2010 19:06 GMT

#87

lol thats the worker....

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 19:13 GMT

#88

Yeah not that hard coz you can click on the image and get focus on it lol.

EsX_Raptor

United States2802 Posts

January 21 2010 19:17 GMT

#89

then this one:

+ Show Spoiler [New] +

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 19:36 GMT

#90

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New one:
+ Show Spoiler +

DreaM)XeRO

Korea (South)4667 Posts

January 21 2010 19:58 GMT

#91

..O__O i jsut got a website

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

January 21 2010 20:04 GMT

#92

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New one :
+ Show Spoiler +

REDBLUEGREEN

Germany1904 Posts

January 21 2010 20:22 GMT

#93

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New one:
+ Show Spoiler +

ShoCkeyy

7815 Posts

January 21 2010 20:39 GMT

#94

Lol, I love the guy in the hotel :D

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 20:45 GMT

#95

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New one:
+ Show Spoiler +

Marimokkori

United States306 Posts

January 21 2010 21:07 GMT

#96

On January 22 2010 04:13 IceCube wrote:
Yeah not that hard coz you can click on the image and get focus on it lol.

I did not even notice that. rofl

I'll try again

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New:
+ Show Spoiler +

Purind

Canada3562 Posts

January 21 2010 21:16 GMT

#97

I suck at this, but I must say, this "Where's Waldo" game that's going on is pretty funny

IceCube

Croatia1403 Posts

January 21 2010 21:26 GMT

#98

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New:
+ Show Spoiler +

NiGoL

1868 Posts

January 21 2010 22:00 GMT

#99

That picture is prettyyyyyy amazing, zooming that much WOW really gj

ragnasaur

United States804 Posts

January 21 2010 22:31 GMT

#100

hasuprotoss

United States4664 Posts

January 21 2010 22:41 GMT

#101

I need to look at this picture later so I can see how hard it is to actually spot some of this stuff

dt4ever

Moldova184 Posts

January 21 2010 22:56 GMT

#102

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New:
+ Show Spoiler +

aidnai

United States1159 Posts

January 21 2010 23:00 GMT

#103

i think i has the solution:

+ Show Spoiler +

New one:
+ Show Spoiler +

9287

United States134 Posts

January 21 2010 23:05 GMT

#104

this does nothing but redirect me to http://www.tno.nl/

Elvin_vn

Vietnam2038 Posts

January 21 2010 23:05 GMT

#105

Solution
+ Show Spoiler +

New one
+ Show Spoiler +

GGTeMpLaR

United States7226 Posts

January 21 2010 23:14 GMT

#106

this is absolutely insane

someday the world will be mapped out like this lol

stet_tcl

Greece319 Posts

January 21 2010 23:42 GMT

#107

Solution
+ Show Spoiler +

New One

+ Show Spoiler +

Wilko

Germany470 Posts

January 21 2010 23:43 GMT

#108

On January 21 2010 23:45 Monsen wrote:
He might not be, considering he's waving from a hotel room window.

Then who is he actually waving at?

Storm704

United States114 Posts

January 21 2010 23:48 GMT

#109

I remember viewing this picture of the presidential inauguration.
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c

Qwertify

United States2531 Posts

January 21 2010 23:54 GMT

#110

On January 22 2010 08:48 hey88 wrote:
I remember viewing this picture of the presidential inauguration.
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c

TY for this. ALl the other posts are old and couldn't see how those things worked.

Bub

United States3518 Posts

January 22 2010 05:10 GMT

#111

On January 22 2010 08:42 stet_tcl wrote:
Solution
+ Show Spoiler +

New One

+ Show Spoiler +

bah I give up! I suck at finding waldo ;-[

Elvin_vn

Vietnam2038 Posts

January 22 2010 07:58 GMT

#112

solution
+ Show Spoiler +

new
+ Show Spoiler +

wHaTTaDo

Germany65 Posts

January 22 2010 10:25 GMT

#113

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New:
+ Show Spoiler +

Zilver

Finland282 Posts

January 22 2010 10:55 GMT

#114

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New one:
+ Show Spoiler +

TeH_Mentalist

Korea (South)244 Posts

January 22 2010 11:53 GMT

#115

that is very impressive

stet_tcl

Greece319 Posts

January 22 2010 14:20 GMT

#116

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New one:
+ Show Spoiler +

7mk

Germany10157 Posts

January 22 2010 14:44 GMT

#117

On January 22 2010 08:05 9287 wrote:
this does nothing but redirect me to http://www.tno.nl/

same for me
can someone post the current link?

Baalzamon

Germany106 Posts

January 22 2010 14:48 GMT

#118

here you go: http://www.gigapixel-dresden.de/dresden26GP

dt4ever

Moldova184 Posts

January 22 2010 15:22 GMT

#119

OK, lost time I got a solution before another guy but got hi-jacked, so I'll try again!
Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New:
+ Show Spoiler +

WhuazGoodJaggah

Lesotho777 Posts

January 22 2010 15:34 GMT

#120

Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +

New:
+ Show Spoiler +

asel

Germany1602 Posts

January 22 2010 19:44 GMT

#121

Here is one similar with Prague
http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels

Elvin_vn

Vietnam2038 Posts

January 22 2010 20:32 GMT

#122

Solution
+ Show Spoiler +

New
+ Show Spoiler [hard] +

Normal

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