Hi-res photos...

A guy that used to be here at work, and some friends of his, have recently started up a website, showcasing their hi-res gigapixel images: http://www.xrez.com

It uses the google maps API for zooming in/out, and navigation around a photo, and there are some pretty good details on how their shooting process.

It would have been nice to have this rig over Thanksgiving, while I was at the Grand Canyon.

That is a cool idea. What resolution are the pictures ?

http://www.xrez.com/gallery/yosemite/xRez_yose12.html

that is very slick!

hi-res gigapixel images

Pretty impressive. I can actually read the license plate of the Jeep Liberty stopped at the stoplight in the extreme lower right corner of the picture.

tanstaafl.

I located some guy's computer desk complete with cheesy speakers in one of the windows on he left.

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That is a cool idea. What resolution are the pictures?

I'm not quite sure what the resolution of the final images are -- they're stitched together from a gazillion photos taken with a Canon DSLR on a motion control rig.