Sorry, this panorama uses the original "qtvr" style navigation. Google streetview, maps, and Earth use "click and drag" navigation. There is currently a religious war going on in the pano community about which one is better. I tend to agree that the "click and drag" has become the standard.
I guess I don't get what's so horrible about giving people a choice. This is just a Quake-style mlook implementation at the end of the day, and gamers are used to being able to select the mlook polarity.
But no, there has to be a jihad, and somebody has to "win."
Yes it was an accident, heh. :) I meant to paste a link of an upside-down building, but I paste yours (having just looked at it) instead. I can't find the original link I was trying to paste any more! I feel kinda stupid now. >.<
Ah, you beat me too it. That's exactly the link I was trying to paste. I thought the URL updated automatically, I didn't realise you needed to click share.
EDIT: I'm wondering - if Google has to anonymise faces and registration plates on street view, shouldn't BT be doing it too with this high-res panoramic image?
Google doesn't HAVE to blur faces (except in only about two countries). They do it as a PR gesture, to please people. This has had terrible effects for photographers, who are often told that "they have to blur faces like Google does".
Of course! I walk past that road everyday so could make an educated guess at 40km/hr. Mind you, my maths skills are poor so I won't be about to start delving any deeper into the calculation!
It strikes me that in such a densely populated environment there is so much under utilised space on the roof tops. Lots of opportunities for sheds and roof gardens.
This was likely a necessity to make the zoomed out view look better. If they didn't do that, it'd have all kinds of different lighting from being taken at different times of the day.
There's a surprising lack of people and candid shots compared to the last 10,000-shot panaroma by 360 Cities several years ago!
I assume that has to do with the timing of the shots. These seem to have been taken very early in the morning and towards the beginning of autumn (based on clothing).
Unlike the 360 Cities panaroma, there are far less discontinuities this time, though I have already found a significant one [1]. I guess the almost 5-fold increase in shots is the source of the improvement.
Also, the depth of view in this panaroma is ridiculous! You can actually clearly see individual people playing soccer or walking through very distant parks...
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 168 ms ] threadBut no, there has to be a jihad, and somebody has to "win."
Would it be blurred?
I don't remember architecture like this! :P
edit: Wrong link. -_- Intended to post upside-down building...
edit2: Corrected link.
Also, this guy?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5256830
I should thank you for your promotion of it! ;)
edit: I found it! http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-96.8554...
EDIT: I'm wondering - if Google has to anonymise faces and registration plates on street view, shouldn't BT be doing it too with this high-res panoramic image?
(Including some 360 degree video: http://www.sphericalimages.com/videos )
Interesting to see a shot capturing the progress of a car which helps determine the rate at which the images were taken.
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=171.9737...
1. The Shard (Tate Modern in the foreground) - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-33.1601...
2. London Eye - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-3.8135&...
3. Tower Bridge - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-38.7356...
4. Wembley Stadium - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=140.7253...
5. Battersea Power Station - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=35.2192&...
6. Olympic Park - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-73.9268...
7. Big Ben & Houses of Parliament - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=6.4768&...
8. MI6 Building - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=14.9167&...
9. St Pauls Cathedral - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-43.8561...
10. Nelsons Column - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=13.4841&...
11. Behind the iconic billboards in Picadilly Circus - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=16.9026&...
12. Harrods Department Store - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=64.6214&...
13. The British Museum - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-45.7275...
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-48.0944...
And Wimbledon tennis (the AELTC, 7 miles) - http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=58.1529&...
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=168.9705...
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=174.1983...
[1] http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2011/03/03/want-to-see-michael...
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-46.1228...
I assume that has to do with the timing of the shots. These seem to have been taken very early in the morning and towards the beginning of autumn (based on clothing).
Unlike the 360 Cities panaroma, there are far less discontinuities this time, though I have already found a significant one [1]. I guess the almost 5-fold increase in shots is the source of the improvement.
Also, the depth of view in this panaroma is ridiculous! You can actually clearly see individual people playing soccer or walking through very distant parks...
[1] http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=-96.8425...
Edit: In the "low resolution" image, the clock reads 1:38. In the second level of zoom, the clock reads closer to 1:41.
A tower clock I found shows approx. 09h10.
http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html?view.hlookat=161.5165...
This image was shot on a Sunday in October.
The London 80 Gigapixel (which I also made) was shot in August. I think that explains the relative lack of people, here.