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[[Image:Balboa Park.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gigapixel image taken in 2003 of [[Balboa Park, San Diego, California|Balboa Park]] from [[Gigapxl Project]].]] |
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The '''Gigapxl Project''' |
The '''Gigapxl Project''', initiated late in the year 2000 under the impetus of retired physicist [[Graham Flint]], is a [[large format (photography)|large format]] [[landscape photography]] and [[image resolution|ultrahigh-resolution]] scanning and printing technology, developed around custom-built Gigapxl cameras and modern digital scanning and printing equipment and software. |
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Image size on Roll Film is 18″ × 9″ (450 mm × 225 mm), scanned at 5000 dpi giving a resolution of 4 [[Gigapixel]] (4,000 Megapixel). |
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Results can be described in one way as a 4 [[Gigapixel]] (4,000 Megapixel) image that has dimensions of 10 x 20 ft - with 3 Megapixel sharpness over included 4 x 6 inch areas. |
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Through a thorough analysis of all the factors involved by the steps leading from the light capture to the final printed image, it lead to the design and construction of a special [[camera]], and associated procedures. They achieved a four-[[gigapixel]] (4,000 megapixel) resolution after scanning of the 9" x 18" [[negative]], and enlarge it to a 96×192-inch four-panel assembly. |
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The Project's near-term goal (last stated in 2007) is to "compile a coast-to-coast "Portrait of America"; photographing in detail, cities, parks and monuments of the US and Canada". |
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As an application of this technical framework to [[landscape|landscape photography]], the team pursue a field work to assemble an ultra-high-resolution portrait of America, called [[Portrait of America]]. |
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A stated longer-term goal relates to an effort to document thousands of cultural and archaeological sites around the world which cannot be preserved and which inevitably will deteriorate with the passage of time. A prime example can be found in the city of Rome, Italy. Rome's limestone structures, which have stood for thousands of years, have become victims of [[acid rain]]. Until quite recently, stonemasons' tool-marks were clearly visible, yet now they have all but vanished. Ultrahigh-resolution, documentary photography can preserve such details for future generations. |
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In August 2007, [[Google]] began incorporating Gigapxl photographic information into [[Google Earth]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/08/new_photo_viewer_wit.html | title=New Photo Viewer with Gigapixel Layer in Google Earth | publisher=Google Earth Blog | author=Frank Taylor | date=22 August 2007 | accessdate=2007-08-25}}</ref> |
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Their official website is no longer operational. |
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*[http://www.gigapixel360.com/gigapixel/2010/8/10/4-gigapixel-camera-voyeurs-beware.html Physicist Graham Flint is working on an ultra-high-resolution portrait of America] |
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 9 October 2023
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The Gigapxl Project, initiated late in the year 2000 under the impetus of retired physicist Graham Flint, is a large format landscape photography and ultrahigh-resolution scanning and printing technology, developed around custom-built Gigapxl cameras and modern digital scanning and printing equipment and software. Image size on Roll Film is 18″ × 9″ (450 mm × 225 mm), scanned at 5000 dpi giving a resolution of 4 Gigapixel (4,000 Megapixel).
Results can be described in one way as a 4 Gigapixel (4,000 Megapixel) image that has dimensions of 10 x 20 ft - with 3 Megapixel sharpness over included 4 x 6 inch areas.
The Project's near-term goal (last stated in 2007) is to "compile a coast-to-coast "Portrait of America"; photographing in detail, cities, parks and monuments of the US and Canada".
A stated longer-term goal relates to an effort to document thousands of cultural and archaeological sites around the world which cannot be preserved and which inevitably will deteriorate with the passage of time. A prime example can be found in the city of Rome, Italy. Rome's limestone structures, which have stood for thousands of years, have become victims of acid rain. Until quite recently, stonemasons' tool-marks were clearly visible, yet now they have all but vanished. Ultrahigh-resolution, documentary photography can preserve such details for future generations.
In August 2007, Google began incorporating Gigapxl photographic information into Google Earth.[1]
Their official website is no longer operational.
References
[edit]- ^ Frank Taylor (22 August 2007). "New Photo Viewer with Gigapixel Layer in Google Earth". Google Earth Blog. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
External links
[edit]- Official website (defunct)
- Photographer Seeks Resolution, Wired News article
- Physicist Graham Flint is working on an ultra-high-resolution portrait of America
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