A good point, something that we've all been yearning. Perhaps a bounty to help the process along?
In regards to the joke, the problem really was, they failed to follow directions, rather than ask. Look it up. On a side note, I consider the joke a bit inappropriate. > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:32:12 -0700 > Subject: [hugin-ptx] Why not ask for directions? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > [Bible joke. Q: Why did the Jews wander in the desert for 40 years? A: > The men wouldn't ask for directions.] > > Our stitchers still stubbornly refuse to ask for directions. > > Would it really be so hard to add a 'shooting grid' that lets the > photographer specify roughly the directions of the views? > > That would surely help avoid false control points on highly symmetric > scenes, and more important, would save much of the CPU time now spent > uselessly looking for control points in wrong places. > When the number of views is large, that can be a very great deal of > CPU time indeed, as there is > a combinatorial explosion of possible image pairs. I suspect the > GigaPan stitcher already uses its knowledge of the shooting grid to > good avantage. > > But you certainly don't need a robot head to create a predictable > shooting pattern. The majority of panographers shoot systematically. > Don't they deserve to be rewarded with faster and more-often-correct > automatic alignments? > > Best, Tom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
