World’s largest digital photo
TNO has produced the largest digital panoramic photo in the world. So, what do we mean by large? After all, modern consumer cameras can easily take a picture with 5 million pixels. Well, we are talking about a photo of completely different dimensions. One with 2.5 billion pixels – that’s 500 times more pixels. If this photo were printed, it would measure 6.67 m by 2.67 m (300 dpi). The photograph shows Delft and its surroundings in the autumn of 2004. It was taken the top of the Electrical Engineering faculty of Delft University, at a height of about 100 m, by TNO.
Here’s the Slashdot link.
The coolest part is that they have the entire picture hooked up to a flash app. You can see the entire view and then specifically zoom to see something in the distance. I was even able to view the license plate and makes of some of the cars in the picture!