Gigapan Imager used to craft 1,474 megapixel image of Obama's inauguration

Engadget ^ | Jan 25th 2009 at 6:01PM | Darren Murph

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

 

In theory, at least, we already knew that the Gigapan Imager was capable of some amazing things. This, friends, is proof. David Bergman strapped the device and his Canon G10 onto a rail at Barack Obama's inauguration and snapped 220 images. After giving his MacBook Pro 6.5 hours to compile a two gigabyte image, he hosted it up on his website for people to zoom around on. We'll caution you -- you can easy kill a few hours checking out faces and such if you end up visiting the read link, but it's totally worth it.

[Via Gadling]

[Frantzie]

Maybew we can get a $300 copiers to make a copy of Obama’s Hawaiian Birth Certificate.

My guess is HI would give us a COLB listing Mombassa as his brithplace.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15374&window_height=622&window_width=1009

[diverteach]

So what’s the big deal? It doesn’t look like anything that Windows Live photo couldn’t do.

[library user]

...but it's totally worth it.

Um, no.

[billorites]

Big deal.

Here's the President of the United States rendered in 1240 cupcakes.

Get back to me when you can beat that!

[randita]

mac ping

[killjoy]

I just got a G10 last week. Very cool little camera.

[billorites]

I would add one thing: The Canon G10 is an outstanding digital camera. It delivers incredible capabilities at a modest price.

No one who buys one and takes the time to learn to use it is going to be disappointed.

Hint: This will still be true 6-12 months from now.

[SuperLuminal]

Big disappointment!

Couldn't find myself anywhere in the crowd. /Sarc

[Rome2000]

Lots of apparatchiks in that crowd, its always boom time in DC, Disneyland for the political class.

[dangus]

>> This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota <<

Oh, right... duh!

[blueyon]

That is incredible. Thanks for posting.

[Rebelbase]

Change? The majority of the people in the front are white and in the back, black. Oh, wait, they’re only 15% of the population, makes sense now.

[ThomasThomas]

Gigapan.org is currently experiencing a heavy load.

[whipitgood]

I would call that photo a monumental waste of time....

[PallMal]

Check out Clarence Thomas. He’s taking a nap while Zero is making his speech!

[Cheetahcat]

Who Cares?? I will wait until we get a real President.

[TNoldman]

ping Inauguration photos

[thatjoeguy]

That is stunning in its clarity, wow.

Oh and yes, I wasted at least a good half hour looking for familiar faces in the crowd.

JB