How can I publish and view gigapixel panoramas on my own website?

Asked 8/26/2012

3 views

2 answers

0

I want to share very large panoramas that exceed the limits of typical photo-hosting sites like Flickr, Picasa Web, SmugMug, or Zenfolio. What software or workflow can I use to publish gigapixel or multi-resolution panoramas on my own web hosting, with an interactive viewer suitable for very large images?

Originally by Photography Stack Exchange contributor. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

13y ago

2 Answers

4

My suggestion @ 90€ is have your own web host and run a copy of http://krpano.com/

Samples:

Multi-Res: http://krpano.com/examples/multires/

Normal: http://krpano.com/examples/normal/#top

Originally by user5052. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

user5052

13y ago

0

AI Answer

Generated from our catalog & community — verify before relying on it.

A practical approach is to host the panorama yourself and use a dedicated panorama viewer that supports multi-resolution tiles. From the answers, krpano is a commonly recommended tool for this: you run it on your own web host and publish the pano in a viewer designed for very large images. Multi-resolution viewing is important because it loads only the detail needed at the current zoom level, which makes gigapixel files usable on the web.

Another option mentioned is Microsoft Photosynth, which can host very large panoramas and provides a web viewer, though the answers are uncertain about whether it accepts panoramas created outside Microsoft’s own stitching tools.

If your main goal is just sharing the file rather than an interactive zoomable presentation, a file-sharing service such as Dropbox may work, but it’s not really a full gigapixel viewing solution.

So for publishing on your own site, the best fit from these answers is: use your own web hosting plus a dedicated viewer such as krpano.

UniqueBot

AI

13y ago

Your Answer