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Worlds most zoomable picture

13-09-2005 12:30pm

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...alllegedly

pretty amazing picture. You can read the time on the church clock you can barely see in the distance

Click anywhere and use the '+' to zoom in

http://triton.tpd.tno.nl/gigazoom/Delft2.htm

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#2 13-09-2005 12:41pm

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3.05?, good stuff
wonder how powerful the zoom is on that, and how much one would cost

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#3 13-09-2005 12:44pm

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this is as old as the wheel! its not a zoomable photo, its made up of a collection of thousands of seperate photos stitched together...well made though

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#4 13-09-2005 12:48pm

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not to up on the auld photography there chief!!

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#5 13-09-2005 9:48pm

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heh... that's nothing compared to google earth

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#6 15-09-2005 8:25pm

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i seen this ages ago, if you zoom into the area where the bus is you can see it transform into a car

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#7 16-09-2005 9:28pm

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there was one ages back the 4gigapixal camera. it was mad. search is down but i'll try and find it again

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#8 16-09-2005 10:37pm

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Haha, it's like on CSI where they zoom in on security camera footage and then increase quality...

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#9 17-09-2005 1:03pm

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http://www.gigapxl.org/

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#10 17-09-2005 1:15pm

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PurpleFistMixer wrote:

Haha, it's like on CSI where they zoom in on security camera footage and then increase quality...

God, i hate when they do that in programs.

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#11 21-09-2005 12:23am

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TimAy wrote:

God, i hate when they do that in programs.

"Enhance face, match face to records, arrest villian"

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#12 21-09-2005 5:08pm

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Rhyme wrote:

"Enhance face, match face to records, arrest villian"

i wonder how far the Gardai are behind this

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#13 21-09-2005 6:07pm

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Very far behind, haven't you seen Crimeline? They perps they usually catch on camera look like 25% of the population.

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#14 22-09-2005 12:56am

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FX Meister wrote:

Very far behind, haven't you seen Crimeline? They perps they usually catch on camera look like 25% of the population.

But the perp was wearing a hoody! This must reduce the number... to 24%!?

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#15 22-09-2005 1:38am

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Rhyme wrote:

"Enhance face, match face to records, arrest villian"

Match face using connect the dots. Another technique i can't quite grasp.

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#16 22-09-2005 9:54am

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TimAy wrote:

Match face using connect the dots. Another technique i can't quite grasp.

Just like fingerprints, we are all made up of different configurations of dots

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