By:Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert) on October 5, 2009
Tags: us_steel_tower , monongahela , downtown , pittsburgh

This image was a preliminary study for the creation of a detailed, 360-degree panorama of the Pittsburgh area from the top of the US Steel Tower and produced in conjunction with an investigation being conducted by David Bear at Carnegie Mellon University's Studio for Creative Inquiry. For information: highpointpark@cmu.edu.

View to the north: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/34128/
Snapshots from there:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/createlab/sets/72157622524078872/ and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/createlab/sets/72157622524078872/

A video we shot that day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjuwWYqczq8

Info on the building:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_steel_tower

To improve on this gigapan, it would be nice to build a rig to (safely) support a Gigapan and camera further out, so that one could see straight down to Grant St.

Click 'view in Google Earth' for a good time.

Date Taken: October 5, 2009
Date Added: October 5, 2009
Bookmarked: 1 time
Total Views: 1078 views
Snapshots: 49
Size: 1.81 gigapixels
Field of View: 220.2 degrees wide, 54.0 degrees high
Stitcher Notes: view
GigaPan Stitcher version 0.4.3865 (Macintosh)
Panorama size: 1810 megapixels (85950 x 21065 pixels)
Input images: 385 (35 columns by 11 rows)
Field of view: 220.2 degrees wide by 54.0 degrees high (top=13.3, bottom=-40.6)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Image size: 3456x2592 (9.0 megapixels)
Capture time: 2009-10-05 09:27:12 - 2009-10-05 09:56:51
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 0.005
ISO: 80
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 231.8 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Manual
Horizontal overlap: 29.9 to 46.5 percent
Vertical overlap: 26.3 to 32.9 percent
Computer stats: 12288 MB RAM, 8 CPUs
Total time 3:07:45 (0:29 per picture)
Alignment: 16:08, Projection: 18:05, Blending: 2:33:30