GigaPans

The westerly view toward some Adirondack peaks including (from left) Noonmark, Sawteeth, Gothics, Armstrong, Upper Wolf Jaw, and Lower Wolf Jaw. From the top of Roaring Brook Falls in light flurries while waiting for the UVM Field Naturalist and Ecological Planning graduate students. The Ausable Club is in the foreground valley. Camera elevation is 1650 feet (495 m).

The view across to Devonport from The Lawns at Torpoint near Plymouth. Shot at 500mm and stitched with Stitch v. 1.1.1211 which has done a great job with the heavy vignetting caused by using the Bigma at max zoom. Of course you can still see the problem caused by vignetting but the result is much better than that delivered by Autopano.

I forgot that I shot this scene twice and it seems that it was less windy when I shot this one. See http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/63781/ for the earlier vers...

Test vignetting correction beta11

I compared three methods of determining basal area (cross sectional area of trunks) in this stand of Alaskan birch at the Bonanza Creek LTER site near Fairbanks, Alaska. The diameter of each birch tree was measured in a 42 x 38 m plot surrounding this and two other sample/photo points. This provided a measure of the actual basal area in the plot (30.0 m²/ha). A standard field method (referred to as plotless, prism, or Bitterlich sampling) was used to select trees which subtended at least a th...

I compared three methods of determining basal area (cross sectional area of trunks) in this stand of Alaskan birch at the Bonanza Creek LTER site near Fairbanks, Alaska. The diameter of each birch tree was measured in a 42 x 38 m plot surrounding this and two other sample/photo points. This provided a measurement of the actual basal area in the plot (30.0 m²/ha). A standard field method (referred to as plotless, prism, or Bitterlich sampling) was used to select trees which subtended at least ...

A shot from one of the development labs at work. Originally intended to be a 360, the camera batteries pooped out mid-circle. The gigapan base was modded to use a 12V car battery so it was still going strong...

A repeat of http://gigapan.org/gigapans/53282/ with 18 close-focused photos replacing the original blurry ones and revealing the steppe vegetation.

Cabin Bluff, along the Tanana River near Big Delta, Alaska, is one of many south-facing steep slopes which support an unusual steppe community dominated by sagebrush and grasses. The absence of trees is assumed to be a result of severe droughty conditions. This community is considered to be an analog for the widespread Pleistocene vegetation whic...

I compared three methods of determining basal area (cross sectional area of trunks) in this stand of Alaskan birch at the Bonanza Creek LTER site near Fairbanks, Alaska. The diameter of each birch tree was measured in a 42 x 38 m plot surrounding this and two other sample/photo points. This provided a measure of the actual basal area in the plot (30.0 m²/ha). A standard field method (referred to as plotless, prism, or Bitterlich sampling) was used to select trees which subtended at least a th...

I compared three methods of determining basal area (cross sectional area of trunks) in this stand of Alaskan birch at the Bonanza Creek LTER site near Fairbanks, Alaska. The diameter of each birch tree was measured in a 42 x 38 m plot surrounding this and two other sample/photo points. This provided a measure of the actual basal area in the plot (30.0 m²/ha). A standard field method (referred to as plotless, prism, or Bitterlich sampling) was used to select trees which subtended at least a th...