ehanson
Mountain climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 7, 2008 - 05:28pm PT
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Hey all-
You might recall some gigapixel images we have done before on Yosemite at http://www.xrez.com. We are planning a much larger high-resolution project in Yosemite soon which should really benefit climbers, you can read about it here:
http://www.xrez.com/yose_proj/Yose_index.html
On Sat May 30, we will have 20 photographers shoot coordinated gigapixel images all throughout the rim (http://www.xrez.com/yose_proj/Yose_valley_shoot_locations.jpg), covering most of the walls in amazing detail. We will then map all the gigapixel images to a 1M high resolution 3d model and extract a continuous long image of all the valley walls, potentially one of the largest terrestrial images to date. This will end up online w/ deep zoom capabilities of the entire valley. Anyway, I know the climbing community will benefit greatly greatly from this, so wanted to give a heads up! It probably won't be completed until early August, but should be a great reference once it is online.
Eric Hanson
eric@xrez.com
xRez Studio, Inc.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Can't wait to hear about it!
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Gary Carpenter
climber
SF Bay Area
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Ed and I were listening to you guys Saturday as we climbed Sentinel Rock. By chance, we were on the same FSR Channel.
Looking forward to seeing the results of your effort.
Gary
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Spotting Gary and me in the pano will be a real test of just how comprehensive the shoot is!
We were in a very unvisited place... (and one I'm not likely to ever return to, at least the upper scramble!).
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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I knew someone would somehow manage this eventually. Should be amazing!
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Rokjox
Trad climber
boys, I dunno.
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This should be fabulous. You will be able to take anybody up to any posistion and show them the belay. the funny Hueco whatever. Absolutely fantastic, if you never took a photo, but waht to see if the graphitti is still scratched in the rock, there it is!
Video games for rockclimbing just got a big jump. I can do Salagenella again, forever!! Like twister only with touch sensitive handholds on my rolling treadwall. if you attach rotating handholds on the wall, you can have it reconfigure based on the next moves and simulate the transistions of the actual climb as the posistion rotaion sensor keeps it all 12" above the gym pad/ballpit/ground. Use the 3d audio-video headset, and you have a new invention. Valley Climber -- the most famous of the newest 3d indoor wall Killer Apps -- Patent Pending.
And "The Yosemtite Federal National Park (In Service to Ourselves)" will retain all Licencing rights and fees to all Images of Yosenighty in Perpetuity.
Legal disclaimer : Which will be under my control just as soon as Fattrad give me the Super Job upon election of McCain. Thats is how it works in American for thousands of years and I am really hoping it will just one more time...
(Hey "indoor Wall Killer App"... Hey can I get an internet intelliectural Copywright (tm) Here? lot of money is going to be made by somebody and it might be me. That and a million dollars, please?
If I could just get a nickle a word on the internet, I could make it a living. Is it true that the best things in life are Free? I must be first rate.)
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morphus
Mountain climber
Angleland
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Aug 11, 2008 - 07:12am PT
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bump - extreme detail, but also an extremely long wait for it to be displayed
how's the zoom on a fast connection?
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dolomite_said
Gym climber
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . . . Buffering
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Aug 11, 2008 - 09:12am PT
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So rad . This will no doubt be a vital tool for further Yosemite exploration (armchair or otherwise) . Thank You .
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Aug 11, 2008 - 09:53am PT
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This thing is incredible.
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Larry
Trad climber
Bisbee
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Aug 12, 2008 - 08:19pm PT
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You're going to make me install Silverlight, aren't you?
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Aug 20, 2008 - 08:33am PT
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really really cool...wow
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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May 14, 2009 - 06:56pm PT
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The project sounds great - but as Clint pointed out: still a few bugs?
I would hope the cloning was not intentional, as that may be misleading...
Staying tuned,
Erik
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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May 14, 2009 - 08:18pm PT
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Christ, Clint. Thanks for this. This is not the left side of Goodrich in detail but cloned-in for sure. It just is not.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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May 14, 2009 - 09:24pm PT
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Clint - ever the master of detail!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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May 14, 2009 - 10:52pm PT
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You guys are blowing my mind.
First the OP for having this expansive vision and then putting it together. Kudos
Second to Clint for being aware, awake and curious enough to spot the cloning
Peace
Karl
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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May 14, 2009 - 10:55pm PT
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good on ya clint.
way up there ye auld autistic spectrum. hehe.
kuehl.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
the greasewood ghetto
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May 14, 2009 - 11:21pm PT
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You can't 'shop such a tiny area of a HUGE picture like that (and why bother ?) . You're just confusing what it looks like in person , with : from a long ways away .
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