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Comments on Gigapan: Shanghai Skyline - Stitched From 12,000 Pictures - 上海风景线 - 由12000张图片拼成

  2. 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. ...

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  1. Ron Schott

    Ron Schott (December 20, 2010, 05:41PM )

    Alfred, Congratulations on a massive achievement! I'm impressed that even at this huge size the image maintains good detail throughout the entire zoom range, making it truly worthy of the designation of Worlds Most Detailed Image. Having shot a 20 gigapixel image myself, I am in awe of the patience and perserverence it must have taken to capture and stitch this monster. Well Done! What will you do for an encore?

  2. Alfred Zhao

    Alfred Zhao (December 20, 2010, 05:16PM )

    Hi, Isaac, here is a comparison, www.gigapan.org/gigapans/60750/ , you may also check out the 1/1000 thumbnail to see the major difference. www.gigapan.org/gigapans/61595/

  3. Terror Pixels

    Terror Pixels (December 20, 2010, 05:10PM )

    Yes I do understand your reasoning and how you ended up with the 272G, however I don't see any difference between this simply uprezzing 500 shots from a 2 gigapixel camera to achieve this number. You might as well make it a terapixel based on this methodology.

  4. Alfred Zhao

    Alfred Zhao (December 20, 2010, 05:02PM )

    Please refer to the statistics section in the description about the calculation. You may also refer to my comment on the sugar loaf image. Most people here use Autopano Giga to produce final stitch. I listed both stitched size and optical pixel estimation.

  5. Terror Pixels

    Terror Pixels (December 20, 2010, 04:49PM )

    I hate to be again making this comment (I think I did on your last one), but really it is terribly misleading listing it at 272G. Even if there's interpolation within the stitcher this is not a true representation of size. It's a brilliant shot, and looks very well done - good work on that, but I strongly disagree with your final megapixel count.

  6. Alfred Zhao

    Alfred Zhao (December 20, 2010, 11:23AM )

    I used Autopan Giga to stitch the photos. The final image is emit at full size from Autopano. The optical pixel amount is listed in the statistics section of the description. During the gigapan conference, I asked the same questions to Alexandre Jenny (Kolor's founder). The interpolation happens when the photos are primarily taken below or above the horizon.

  7. Gerald Donovan

    Gerald Donovan (December 20, 2010, 11:09AM )

    Hi Alfred - Great job taking the 12,000 shots and stitching them, but there's a huge amount of interpolation going on here. 2.3 times the number of pixels that you would expect from that lens/sensor field of view combination. Where do they all come from?! Regards, Gerald.