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Isn't this sort of pointless? If it were from a single sensor, or a single shot of a camera with multiple sensors, it might be something, but anyone can take a

Isn't this sort of pointless? If it were from a single sensor, or a single shot of a camera with multiple sensors, it might be something, but anyone can take a limitless number of zoomed-in images and stitch them together. How about someone stitches together all the Google street view images of I-95 into a big panorama? New world record?

citricsquid 16y ago
"...anyone could have done x..." is such a silly idea. The point is they didn't, this guy did. Just like Mark Zuckerberg made Facebook, or that kid who made Chat Roulette. Anyone could have but they didn't.
- pyre 16y ago
  Shouting about "111 Gigapixel new world record" makes it sound like it's a technological break-through. In reality it's the equivalent of "the world's largest candy bar" or "the world's largest taco."
  - lambda 16y ago
    It said "world record" not "technological breakthrough." The Guiness Book of World Records lists things like the world's largest candy bar or world's largest taco, not anything like significant technological breakthroughs.
    - pyre 16y ago
      You also have to consider the forum/audience.
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- PostOnce 16y ago
  Not "anyone" could have made Facebook. That required years of marketing and effort and refining a technique. I mean, just by spinning the camera around a little further, to make it a full 360 degree panorama, he'll break his own record. I should write a script that makes the "world's longest string of QZQZQZQZQZ" and submit that. Or the world's largest picture of Mario. I'll just scale an SVG up to infinity. Granted, this guy's picture took a little more effort, but the exact same thing has been done, there was no new equipment created here, no refinement of technique, no new development. That is why I said anyone could do it. He did nothing new.
eftpotrm 16y ago
Not at any quality with off-the-shelf software they can't, not that I've found anyway. Most software gives up a very long way short of this sort of resolution.
christoph 16y ago
Really? Did you read what they went through to create this on the above link from Google translate? Seems like some serious effort went into this (12 attempts over 6 months), built their own robot controller and processed/checked thousands upon thousands of images I think the end result is incredibly impressive and the technical issues they solved even more so.

citricsquid 16y ago

"...anyone could have done x..." is such a silly idea. The point is they didn't, this guy did. Just like Mark Zuckerberg made Facebook, or that kid who made Chat Roulette. Anyone could have but they didn't.

pyre 16y ago
Shouting about "111 Gigapixel new world record" makes it sound like it's a technological break-through. In reality it's the equivalent of "the world's largest candy bar" or "the world's largest taco."
- lambda 16y ago
  It said "world record" not "technological breakthrough." The Guiness Book of World Records lists things like the world's largest candy bar or world's largest taco, not anything like significant technological breakthroughs.
  - pyre 16y ago
    You also have to consider the forum/audience.
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PostOnce 16y ago
Not "anyone" could have made Facebook. That required years of marketing and effort and refining a technique. I mean, just by spinning the camera around a little further, to make it a full 360 degree panorama, he'll break his own record. I should write a script that makes the "world's longest string of QZQZQZQZQZ" and submit that. Or the world's largest picture of Mario. I'll just scale an SVG up to infinity. Granted, this guy's picture took a little more effort, but the exact same thing has been done, there was no new equipment created here, no refinement of technique, no new development. That is why I said anyone could do it. He did nothing new.

eftpotrm 16y ago

Not at any quality with off-the-shelf software they can't, not that I've found anyway. Most software gives up a very long way short of this sort of resolution.

christoph 16y ago

Really? Did you read what they went through to create this on the above link from Google translate? Seems like some serious effort went into this (12 attempts over 6 months), built their own robot controller and processed/checked thousands upon thousands of images I think the end result is incredibly impressive and the technical issues they solved even more so.