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Recent Activity on 360Cities
360Cities Neighbors: Florian, Calvin J, Calvin M
360Cities Stats
Number of 360s by Direction from Home:
Popularity of 360s by Direction and Distance:
Most hits:
High Dune
Currently popular:
High Dune
Angel's Window at Point Royal
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Three Roof Ruin
Natural Bridge
Google Earth Stats
Most hits:
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Currently popular:
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Above the Inversion
Three Roof Ruin
Below OohAah Point
Dinosaur Track
Hit ratios (GE/360Cities):
Mean 3, Median 2.5, Min 0, Max 18
Recently started measuring Google Maps Views. Estimated hit ratio (GMV/360Cities) at 16!
A friend introduced me to 360cities and I noticed there weren't many entries for my beautiful home state of Utah. Outside of foreign visitors, there are only a few full time residents here taking 360s. We've now had somejoint field trips and hope to have some more soon.
Setup
Gear
Nikon Coolpix A
Manfrotto 732CY Tripod
Nodal Ninja 3 panohead
Software
Nikon ViewNX2 / CaptureNX2, Adobe Photoshop CS5.1, GeoSetter
Process
- AF/AE (yes, I let them vary) aperture priority
- f8 to f11, 27mm, Nikon RAW format
- 4 rows of 10 photos plus nadir/zenith
- Conversion to 16-bit TIF with Capture NX2
- Pano generation in PTGui Pro.
- Adjust exposure variation with PTGui and/or Capture NX2
- Correct Zenith/Nadir images as necessary
- Final touch-up in Photoshop
- Geotag/position/heading in Capture NX2 and GeoSetter
