Dupa recordul panoramelor de 26 gigapixeli de anul trecut (Paris si Dresda) si de 18 gigapixeli (Praga), 360cities ne incanta acum cu alte cateva bunatati:

Londra – 80 gigapixeli

Dubai 45 gigapixels

Dubai e prezent in lista celor mai bine definite locatii panoramice cu o fotografie facuta de gigapan.org (via http://www.gadling.com).

Detalii tehnice:

4,250 individual shots taken with a Canon 7D and the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L zoom at 400mm. Total shooting time circa 3 hours 30 minutes, in 37C heat (that's the temperature in the shade - the camera and lens were almost too hot to touch at the end of this).
PC - i7-920, 12GB RAM, 2x 300GB Velociraptors (not RAID). On attempting to stitch this the first time, I was told I needed just over a terabyte of scratch space, so I had to go out and buy a 2TB disk and install that as well!
Power and storage:
All 4,250 images (.jpg only) managed to fit on a single 32GB CF card, taking up 27.5 GB.
HUGE thanks to South Korean property developer Bando Construction and Engineering for making available the location to shoot this from - Ubora Towers in Business Bay, Dubai.
*edited the date taken field as it was showing the date the stitching was completed, and not the date the photos were taken.*
Date Taken: April 23, 2010
Bookmarked: 38 times
Total Views: 2248412 views
Snapshots: 996
Size: 44.88 gigapixels
Field of View: 243.3 degrees wide, 0.0 degrees high

Bucuresti este pe un loc intermediar, filmat/fotografiat de cei de la skycam.ro, si prezentat la panopixel.ro

In plus, si Hanoi-ul se lauda cu o fotografie panoramica facuta cu ocazia aniversarii a 1000 ani.

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SD, SDHC, SDXC, SDHC UHS-I,SDXC UHS-I, (normal-) SD, mini-SD, micro-SD size

credit: SD Videos – SD Association.

SD cards – Usage Tip Videos

See what’s new with SD technology! Find out how to use all SD memory cards and the new UHS-I high speed performance option available for SDXC and SDHC. Learn how to match the new UHS symbols on memory cards to your devices and other usage tips to achieve the best performance.

Watch this video and see how easy it is to use SD Memory Cards in all of the new and exciting SDXC and SDHC devices. To enjoy the optimum experience, simply check your device’s Owners Manual and then match your SD memory card to the device. Since SD is backwards compatible, you can even use your existing cards in new products, too.

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Find the Right SD Memory Card

	SD	miniSD	microSD
Full Size (Up to 2GB)
High Capacity (4GB to 32GB)
Extended Capacity (Over 32GB up to 2TB)

SD memory cards come in a variety of speed classes and three different physical sizes: SD, miniSD, and microSD. The SD card is typically used in personal computers, video cameras, digital cameras and other large consumer electronics devices. The microSD and miniSD cards are commonly used in smaller electronic devices like mobile phones. Some manufacturers offer adapters to fit a traditional SD card slot, allowing even greater versatility and flexibility to use the card in a mobile phone as well as a computer or video camera.

To determine the right card for your device, always consult the device’s user manual or contact the manufacturer. All SD memory card formats are readily available in the marketplace and can be found in a range of retail outlets including drug stores, electronics and computer shops and Internet sites.

Choosing the Best Card – What Memory Capacity do I Need?

SD memory cards come in a variety of memory capacities designed to fit your needs and budget. The next-generation SD memory card specification, SDXC, offers the greatest memory capacity and UHS SDHC and SDXC products offer the fastest performance. Your device’s users manual may help you select the memory that is right for your device. You can also determine the best memory capacity based on how you plan to use the card. For cameras, consider the picture resolution of every photo, and for your MP3 player, the bit-rate required for smooth playback. Take a look at our reference chart that illustrates the various storage capacities.

	2 GB	4 GB	8 GB	16 GB	32 GB
Movies (Hi-def movie recording MPEG-4. H.264)
Fine mode (13Mbps/CBR)	20 min.	40 min.	80 min.	160 min.	320 min.
Normal mode (9Mbps/VBR)	30 min.	60 min.	120 min.	240 min.	480 min.
Economy mode (6Mbps/VBR)	45 min.	60 min.	180 min.	360 min.	720 min.
Photos
10 Megapixels, 3648×2736, Fine mode	770 photos	1,540 photos	3,080 photos	6,160 photos	12,320 photos
Music
ACC, MP3 HQ mode, 128Kbps	34 hr. 7 min.	68 hr. 14 min.	136 hr. 27 min.	272 hr. 54 min.	545 hr. 48 min.

* All numbers are approximate. Actual storage will depend on size of data and compression used.

How to Pick the Best Speed

For greatest performance, users should pair their devices with the corresponding SD memory card. Your device user’s manual will help you select the SD memory card performance that will maximize your device performance.

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SD Speed Class/UHS Speed Class

Greater Performance Choices

There are two kinds of Speed Class, “Speed Class” and “UHS Speed Class.”

As a characteristic of flash memory, actual transfer speed varies. Variable speeds are difficult to reliably record streaming content such as video because it requires a constant writing speed. Speed Class and UHS Speed Class provide the constant speed necessary for video recording by designating a minimum writing performance so that minimum and constant speed is guaranteed for camcorders, video recorders and other devices with video recording capabilities under the conditional write operation specified in the specification.

Speed Class, designated as Class 2, 4, 6 and 10, is designed for normal and high speed bus interface (mode) and UHS Speed Class 1 is designed for UHS-I bus interface*. (Speed Class and the UHS Speed Class are not compatible.)

*UHS (Ultra High Speed), the fastest performance category available today, defines bus-interface speeds up to 104 Megabytes per second for greater device performance in SDXC and SDHC host products.

	Marks	Operable Under…	Applications	SD Memory Card
Speed Class		Normal Bus I/F	SD video recording	SD, miniSD, microSD SDHC, miniSDHC, microSDHC SDXC, microSDXC
			HD ~ Full HD video recording
		High Speed Bus I/F	Full HD video recording HD still consecutive recording
UHS Speed Class		UHS-I Bus I/F	Full higher potential of recording real-time broadcasts and capturing large-size HD videos	SDHC UHS-I and SDXC UHS-I

UHS Speed Class Compatibility

Speed Class Compatibility

Fragmentation and Speed

The memory of a card is divided into minimum memory units. The host writes data onto memory units where no data is already stored. As available memory becomes divided into smaller units through normal use, this leads to an increase in non-linear, or fragmented storage. The amount of fragmentation can reduce write speeds, so higher SD card speeds help compensate for fragmentation.

The SD Association has specified operating conditions for SDHC, SDXC, SDHC UHS-I and SDXC UHS-I memory cards to guarantee the minimum speed according to the card’s speed class. Speed logos are provided to help identify cards that comply with these specifications.

(Original article)

I know a lot of people who don’t know which is the best or the optimum resolution for their monitors (display). Therefore, I made a chart with the most popular sizes (inch) for the FullScreen (4:3, 5:4) monitors and the Wide (16:9, 16:10) monitors. The oldest, but not the forgotten monitor model is the FullScreen. In the opinion of the monitors producer, for each size there’s an optimum resolution.

So, this is what it looks like:

• 15 inch (38cm) -> 1024×768
• 17 inch (43cm) -> 1280×1024 SXGA
• 19 inch (48cm) -> 1280×1024
• 20 inch (51cm) -> 1600×1200
• 21 inch (53cm) -> 1600×1200

For Wide Screens the resolution formats are:

• 17 inch (43cm) -> 1440×900 WXGA
• 19 inch (48cm) -> 1440×900
• 20,1 inch (50cm) -> 1680×1050
• 21 inch (53cm) -> 1680×1050
• 22 inch (56cm) -> 1680×1050
• 24 inch (61cm) -> 1920×1200
• 26 inch (66cm) -> 1920×1200
• 28 inch (71cm) -> 1920×1200
• 30 inch (76cm) -> 2560×1600

Three issues that need to be kept in mind every time we set our resolution are:

• the distance between the monitor screen and us
• the refresh rate that the monitor can support in terms of hardware
• depends on how well we see

PS: Don’t forget to relax your eyes at regular intervals of time. If you can, look out the window or at objects that are far away from you.

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Shanghai Skyline – 272.31 Gigapixels

Link: Shanghai Skyline – Stitched From 12,000 Pictures – 上海风景线 – 由12000张图片拼成 by Alfred Zhao
Shanghai, one of the most populous cities in the world, has never been pictured in such enormous detail. Let the world experience this fast growing city and understand China is always my dream. Through my telephoto lens, I wish you, the viewer, can blend into the daily life in Shanghai and enjoy your virtual visit. …

Dubai 360° Spherical GigaPan

Link: Dubai 360° Spherical GigaPan @13.5m by Giga Works (multumesc, savagedanyro).

Paris – 26 gigapixels

Orasul luminilor – no comment, doar un link: Paris – 26 gigapixels si o fotografie.

Dresden – 26 gigapixels

Captured in a series of 1655 images taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera, a man by the name of Holger Schulze captured a 26-Gigapixel photo of the cityscape in Dresden, Germany. The camera used a 400mm lens and was mounted on a motorized head to take the shots over nearly 3 hours.

The computer that processed the RAW image files had 16 processors and 48GB of memory. It took approximately 94 hours to stitch together all the shots into the massive 26-Gigapixel image. You can see the entire shot, as well as zoom around the cityscape, at this website: http://www.dresden-26-gigapixels.com/dresden26GP

Prague – 18 gigapixels

A similar shot of Prague, amounting to 18-Gigapixels, can be found at this website:  http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels