Hi, On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 02:31:34PM -0400, Tac Tacelosky wrote: > One issue, though, is that the camera is very expensive (around $17,000). > I've been driving around the DC area, and have collected about 15,000 > images so far. We're still figuring out how to manage them, even at that > relatively low number, processing them and uploading them to Amazon's s3 > can be very time-consuming.
I have been thinking about putting together a camera rig with used pocket cameras on the roof of the car to make Streetview like 360° Images. For a while i thought about using pocket cameras like the PowerShot G3 ff. and mounting 6 of them in a 60° angle on a plate on top of the car. Then using hugin to make 360° images as the overlap is the same for all images this should be an easy task. The problem with that i have identified is Synchronous shutter release. Pocket cameras tend to have a long shutter delay and one could easily only trigger it via USB (Or by soldering wires to the shutter release button). So triggering like 5-6 Cameras at once would be near to impossible. Most likely this is the cause Google uses video not still imagery at least as far as i know. So i thought about using USB Video Cams like the Microsoft HD 1) stuff. With HD video at 1920x1080 and most likely a much larger focal length so one would need more cameras for getting the 360° panorama. Getting those images together would be more difficult. Problem with the Microsoft HD cam could be autofocus you dont want at all to happen. I am unshure whether that could be disabled. Flo 1) http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/p/lifecam-cinema -- Florian Lohoff [email protected]
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