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San Francisco from Twin Peaks

By:Randy Sargent (rsargent) on October 14, 2007
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Date Taken: October 14, 2007
Date Added: October 14, 2007
Bookmarked: 10 times
Total Views: 34139 views
Snapshots: 93
Size: 3.65 gigapixels
Field of View: 188.0 degrees wide, 34.1 degrees high


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October 30, 2007 13:08 Flag as inappropriate

This is very very cool!! The detail is incredible and you can spend hours looking and realize youve only seen a small section. GOOD WORK RANDY!! keep it up.

Posted by mr_skulls
November 1, 2007 19:12 Flag as inappropriate

3.65 Gigapixels? Let's see, with no overlap and a 10 Megapixel camera, that would be 365 images stitched together. With overlap, it must be at least 400 images. Is that about right? How many rows and frames per row did you take, and how long did that take?

Posted by donfrench
November 9, 2007 13:52 Flag as inappropriate

What equipment did you use? I have a Nikon D80 and use Hugin to stitch the images together. After that I use Photoshop to crop the panorama. I do this on a Core 2 Duo laptop with 2GB of RAM and a lot of patience :) But I believe a 3.65 gigapixel photo requires some different tools..

Posted by jorisvandael.be
November 14, 2007 03:52 Flag as inappropriate

Thanks for the feedback and questions! I used a GigaPan with Canon S5 IS to take a total of 897 pictures (69 cols, 13 rows). Capture time was a little under an hour.

Posted by rsargent
July 9, 2008 13:30 Flag as inappropriate

This was taken from around 37.754945, -122.446543: the northernmost observation area at the top of Twin Peaks

Posted by anne2
August 14, 2008 02:31 Flag as inappropriate

Hi Randy, I saw your talk last night at Siggraph and am excited to join the site -- thanks! I'm uploading stuff now, and actually have a similar shot of SF (from near the same point). Can I ask -- how do I mark the camera's position in google maps, as you've done here? Thanks, Ben

Posted by seagoat8888
December 3, 2008 21:53 Flag as inappropriate

The "DrunkChurch" is lovingly referred to by the locals as "Our Lady of Maytag", due to the resemblance to an old fashioned washing machine agitator.

Posted by Nyckname