Friday, May 10, 2013

Photosphere: Outside Heathrow Terminal 3

Outside Heathrow Terminal 3 at 6:55am, 26 December 2012, waiting for my charter flight to the ICEHotel. Click and drag within the photo.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Sharing Photospheres

Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) arrived in November 2012 with a new feature (among others) called photosphere, which is a panoramic photo that can go vertical in addition to horizontal.  It's not a perfect 360 degree view, as there are holes at the top and bottom of the photo (zenith and nadir, if you want to sound fancy), meaning directly overhead and at your feet.  I can't embed javascript code into my main wordpress blog, so I'll host them here and post a reminder redirect on One City At A Time. You might need to update your browser to view them. Also, they are not perfect - often I am taking these photos around lots of people, and the nature of photostitching means that parts of objects and people will appear, disappear, or show up in more than one place.