14 DAY TRIAL // Powerful DSLR cameras are becoming cheaper and cheaper and, thanks to the megapixel wars of the past few years, high-resolution cameras are now common place. But, while your back-garden won't probably look any better no matter how many megapixels your camera has, others have been putting these high-quality cameras to good, or at least interesting, use. The latest example is the Paris 26 Gigapixels site, which says it all in the name. The site has been very recently launched and the image is now the world's largest panorama image in existence.
"Just imagine what can be done with 26 billion pixels… On the website http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com, everyone can visit Paris and see on a single image all famous monuments of the French capital. The Eiffel tower, the Louvre, Beaubourg, Notre Dame de Paris, and many more," the site's blog reads.
"Paris 26 Gigapixels is the name of the biggest assembled panoramic image of the world. It shows Paris in a very high definition. A gigapixel is 1 billion pixels! The image is a stitching of more than 2000 individual photos. Paris 26 Gigapixels has been shot on September 8th, 2009 and is now available for eveyone [sic]," it adds.
The panorama image is made up of over 2,000 photos, 2,346 to be exact, adding up to one incredibly detailed view of the famous French capital. There's no doubt that Paris is one of the most beautiful cities on Earth and, if you haven't visited it or you want to relive those wonderful moments, the new website provides a great alternative.
At 26 gigapixels (354,159 × 75,570 px), it is the biggest panorama image yet, the previous one having only recently been unveiled late last year. At 18 gigapixels, the previous record holder was a great achievement in itself, but it only took a few months for someone else to take the title and with a significant leap too.