Gigapan
GigaPan is a common by Google, Carnegie Mellon University, and the robot - group of the NASA -funded project. The aim of the project is to allow anyone to create a suitable digital camera with the aid of a simple, automated platform for pan and tilt the camera images with a resolution in the gigapixel range.
The first version of the photo - robot came under the name GigaPan Epic on the market and in addition to the two motors to move the camera a lever for mechanically actuating the shutter release. She was suitable for simple compact cameras. There are now with GigaPan Epic 100 is a slightly larger version for medium-weight cameras and with GigaPan Epic Pro is a version for DSLR cameras with a system weight (camera and lens) of up to 4.5 kg.
The second component of the project is the Stitcher which assembles the images with the aid of the image content and the rectangular receptacle assembly, thus is also the joining of uniform sky in the picture problem.
The third component of the project is to break the huge picture of the situation handy tiles of 256x256 pixels and generating the image pyramid. Subsequently, the images can be uploaded to the server of the project and are then available via a Flash player via the Internet. Meanwhile, more than 40,000 panoramas of different quality on the project site are available. From users to cropping of the images used to mark and comment. The resolution of the images is between 50 megapixels and 45 Gigapixel.
History
The origins of the project are, among others, the Mars rover Opportunity at NASA in 2003.