Panoramas 20-30

Continuing the ‘why am i sat in the basement theme’ of the previous post we present ‘The Lighthouse’. All we now need is an ice cream van and we are virtually there.. View the Quicktime panorama of the Lighthouse (2.9mb).

On a hot summers day when your stuck in the basement of a research lab ones mind can occasionally turn to outside the city. Thus the inclusion of a beach panorama to Digital Urban. It may not be urban but it sure looks better than the basement at the moment……

The Golden Gate Bridge suspension bridge spans the opening into San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. The entire bridge (including the approach) spans 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long; the distance between the towers (“main span”) is 4,200 feet (1,280 m), and the clearance below the bridge is 220 ft…

The panorama was taken in the park overlooking Alamo Square in San Francisco, known as “postcard row”. Postcard row consists of a series of Victorian houses with the stunning backdrop of the San Francisco skyscrapers. View the Quicktime panorama of Postcard Row, San Francisco (3.3mb).

Panoramas cover a complete 360 x 180 field of view and thus the image creation process has to take into account a range of lighting conditions which are at best averaged out over the entire scene. This process often results in a loss of detail in shadows or overblown exposures…

Every now and again innovations come along that make us smile. This week has seen two come our attention (more on the second in later posts). The first one is the ability to embed YouTube movies into panoramas creating the ability to pump out adverts or just general content in…

Westminster Abbey is a work of outstanding architecture, constructed between the 13th and 16th centuries. The Abbey has been the location for numours Royal Weddings as well as every Coronation since 1066. The building as it is today features the west towers which were completed to the designs of Sir…

The London Eye was designed by Architects David Marks, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton, and Nic Bailey. Standing at 135 metres high the wheel travels at 0.6mph and takes 30 minutes to complete a revolution. The Eye has acted as a focus point for the regeneration of…

Oxford Circus’s location at the junction of Regents Street and Oxford Street makes it a central location for shopping in London. It is within a short walk of the main shops on Oxford Street or the side lanes leading west to Bond Steet or east to Carnaby Street. In short…

The panorama was taken at dusk as people danced on the South Bank during a warm summers night. St Pauls and the London skyline can be made out in the distance. View the Quicktime panorama of South Bank, London at night (1.9mb).