DigGeog

To celebrate the reconnection of my broadband which had been off for two days I’ve uploaded my very first attempt at a spherical panorama. I’m using a trial version of stitching software, hence the logos for ptgui everywhere. Lacking the funds for a proper pano-head and tripod leveller, both of which are fairly essential pieces of kit, I’m using a combination of tripod and a plumb line suspeneded from the nodal point of my lens to a compass rose on the floor in order reduce parallax errors. It’s really time consuming and fiddly, taking several minutes to shoot the 10 images required to assemble the final panorama.

The image is of my favourite bouldering spot on Dartmoor – Black Hill. I managed a couple of v4 6b problems here yesterday, despite being fat and weak after months of sitting at the computer. A better version is now on 360 cities.net, but it’s technically unpublished.

Message to my sponsors!
I’ve been saving up for the equipment to make a series of these panoramas for the benefit of the geography education community (to supplement those on 360 cities.net). I’ve recently brought a new camera and a very expensive fisheye lens but the rest of the hardware and software is out of my reach at the moment. If any company or professional organization wants to make a contribution to get my QTVR project off the ground, then please get in touch. All the images I produce will be published on 360 cities for the benefit of the whole community, however it could be possible to add a small corporate logo to the finished images, as well as an advert link from Juicy Geography which will eventually have a dedicated QTVR page.