<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 March 2010 13:25, Nick Whitelegg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Nick.Whitelegg@solent.ac.uk">Nick.Whitelegg@solent.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">>You may say, don't use OTV if you want to be surprised, and you are</div><div class="im">
>probably right.<br>
>So go on and make it. The fun is yours anyway taking the<br>
>pictures and walking the trail. ;<))<br>
>You might take a look at <a href="http://www.diy-streetview.org/" target="_blank">http://www.diy-streetview.org/</a> to<br>
>get an idea of the required equipment.<br>
<br>
</div>TBH I'd prefer it's a low-barrier-to-entry project with less-than-perfect<br>
(but adequate) panoramas where all you need is a standard camera and the<br>
ability to use photo-stitching software. Having to cart around lots of<br>
equipment would rather reduce my own interest and I suspect, others. My<br>
tests so far seem to suggest that the panoramas generated by basic<br>
equipment are adequate, though if I am missing something let me know.</blockquote><div> </div><div>I can't remember if this how the guys above do it or if it was someone else...</div><div>The equipment consists of two cameras facing opposite directions, and a fish-eye lens on each. Some chunks of wood to fix them together, on a pole so you can just hold it up with one hand, and some mechanism to press the both shutter buttons at once.</div>
<div>It's inexpensive, but fun if you like DIY and get obsessed with OTV, and produces about the same quality of panoramas. I can see myself going as far as sticking my camera on a broom pole, so I have a point to spin on.</div>
</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gregory<br><a href="mailto:osm@livingwithdragons.com">osm@livingwithdragons.com</a><br><a href="http://www.livingwithdragons.com">http://www.livingwithdragons.com</a><br>