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Cilicia and Mersin
Cilicia Region roughly extends from the Manavgat River, through the southern foothills of the Taurus Mountains, to the Amanus Mountains. According to the geological structure, Cilicia is divided into two as the Rugged Cilicia (Cilicia Trachaea) and the Flat Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias ). The border between the Rugged Cilicia and the Flat Cilicia was the Lamos at times and the Soli at others. 
As it is known to those who toured around the area, there exist three gates that enable access to this land through a rugged course. The first of these is the Sertavul Pass, which is located to the north of Mut District. The second one is the Cilician Gate, which is known as the Gülek Pass and hosts a rock bearing the inscription “the Cilician Border”, and the last one is the Belen (Syria) Gate on the route to Hatay Province. 
Surrounded by Gazipaşa District of Antalya Province to the west, the provinces of Konya, Karaman and Niğde to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the east, Mersin was annexed to the land of Ottomans in 1516 during the reign of (Yavuz) Selim I. It was then ruled by Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Pasha for some time, but later Ottomans gained control of the area once again.
Mersin Province was founded in 1924. Districts of Silifke, Anamur, Gülnar and Mut were annexed to Mersin Province, and the Province was renamed as ‘İçel’. It is thought that the long-used “İçel” name derived from the name given to the site by Turkish people who settled in the areas located on either side of Göksu River during the 12th century, or has actually transformed from “Uç-il/ Uç-el” denomination used by Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate for this “Uç ülke, uç diyar (literally: the frontier land)” located beyond the Taurus Mountains. Erdemli district was founded in 1954; then followed Aydıncık District (1987), Bozyazı and Çamlıyayla Districts (1989). In 2001, the name ‘İçel’ was, once again, replaced by “Mersin” due to intensive pressure from the citizens. Having a Metropolitan City status, Mersin is divided into four central districts, namely Akdeniz, Toroslar, Mezitli and Yenişehir. Including Tarsus District, Mersin has 13 districts in total.

MERSİN (Center)
It was revealed in the excavations performed in Yumruktepe site that the history of Mersin dates back to 7000 BC. The settlement found on the northwestern part of the current City center flourished around 7000 BC, and continued to exist expanding even larger.
Zephyrion, which is perceived as the antique settlement of Mersin, is localized somewhere between the Governor’s Residence and the Orthodox Church. Archeological findings gathered especially during the salvage excavations performed in the New Cultural Center constructed here and in the Old Public House garden, and the Kuros statute, which was excavated from the same area and displayed in Mersin Museum, are attributed to the Antique City of Zephyrion. The city, which was referred to as a ‘Polis’ during the Hellenistic Period and the Persian Period (and in later periods, as Hadrianapolis), was captured by Shapur I in 260 AD. While it was among the cities of Cilica I Region during the Byzantine Empire Period, it transformed into a prominent port city in the first quarter of the 19th century. 
There are numerous opinions and myths about the roots of the name “Mersin”. The most widely-known one derives from the ‘Myrtus-Murt-Myrtle’ tree, the yield of the Mediterranean Climate, which is called “hambales” by Arabs. According to another opinion, the name Mersin is inherited from the Mersin Tribe, which was one of the Turkmen tribes in history. In his Seyahatname (literally: ‘Book of Travel’), Evliya Celebi notes that he stayed in a village called “Mersinoğlu”, which is located on the northwestern part of the present-day Mersin. 
The Myth is as follows:
The name Mersin came from the princess Myrna, daughter of the Cypriot King. Gods pitying Myrna, who had been cursed by the goddess Aphrodite, brought her ashore to Mersin. The place was named as Mersin because of that incident.
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Bay Area VR

www.BayAreaVR.com

I'm a 37 year old husband and father of two (foremost).  I have lived in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area for most of my life.  My home is in Pacifica, which is two cities south of San Francisco on the coast.  

My first pano was on a nikon 950 and Kaidan pano head using VR works about 9 years ago.   I had a long interval where I did not produce any panoramas.  I eventually thought I'd get back into the field - and I first started with a 0-360 one shot lens. Soon I upgraded to a more updated pano head from Kaidan for cylindrical panoramas. 

And then, everything changed.  A friend of mine sent me a full screen panorama made with HDR techniques.  I was floored.  I realized that there was something big going on - and I wanted to be a part of it. 

I started researching sites, and living in on-line forums, to discover what I needed to do to create such images.  In my journey, I have gone from wanting do to this hobby/profession for money to wanting to increase my skills for the love of the art that is panoramic photography. 

I will keep learning and experimenting so I can leave my tours for others to see for years to come.

Eli Poblitz


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Aleksandr Starovojtov

There are several things I do apart from making panorama images, namely working for PortaOne (leading global communications infrastructure vendor using 360 panoramas as graphic elements in corporate design) and practicing Aikido in Ljubljana based sportclub Dokiai.

For other photographic artwork please visit www.pano.si

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Emilio Campi - 360 Total

Nascido em São Paulo (SP), mudou-se para Ubatuba aos dez anos de idade. Caiçara por adoção, conheceu a fase áurea da região a qual se dedicou a retratar em fotos desde 1990.

Autor do primeiro site da região, o Litoral Virtual, possui uma extensa lista de fotos publicadas em várias mídias da região. Cinegrafista e video maker, lançou também o programa Maré Legal, veiculado em TV´s por assinatura em várias cidades.

Atualmente se dedica a fotos panorâmicas 360 graus onde divulga através do site Panotour imagens dos principais pontos de interesse regional.

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Ahmed Shiruhan

shiruhan@viewtual.com

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a Freelance 3D artist, Panoramic Photographer and Multimedia

 

Biography - A self taught photographer, born in 1980 to a true art loving family, grew up as a nature loving boy. Computer was rarely at homes during those days but luckily he had one. Experimenting is something he loves, internet is his Guru.
  Worked as a 3D animator in Local feature films and Documentaries, never was tired of experimenting news dimensions. His latest is, going for virtual tours with his self made tripod gadgets. Proudly the First Maldivian who did a Virtual Tour, approved by 360cities.net. A young man with a great vision and a believer of Technology and its might.

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Timothy Oldfield ~ Washington State 360

Hello, my name is Timothy Oldfield, a virtual tour photographer (actually, the ONLY 360° photographer) with Washington State 360.  ;)

The Washington State 360 Project is my way of assisting with the "warm introduction" to various locations around the state of Washington in these United States of America.

Most of the 360-degree (fully-spherical) panoramas I capture or create are now being posted here on "360cities.net", and many are also being shared on Google Street View and Google Maps through my Trusted Photographer account, and Local Guide account (for posting of snapshots, often voluntarily, to assist small businesses and non-profits with editing and otherwise delineating their Maps listings). If you have a VR headset, Google Cardboard viewer, or other stereo viewer, click on the tiny cardbord goggles icon and enjoy another level of experience.  ;)

Studies have shown that VR Tours (sets of Virtual Reality panoramas) can boost visitor-count dramatically.  Once virtually in-the-door, your location becomes more engagingly "familiar", which allows most virtual visitors to more easily drop residual resistance, and perhap raise their curiosity, thereby increasing the likelihood of visiting for real.  Which in turn allows them to promote your establishment to acquaintences.

While building these collections of 360-degree panoramas, I also enjoy keeping the locations and subjects diverse.  Sometimes it is fun to allow a viewer to experience a perspective not generally open to the public (for safety, insurability, security or other reasons), such as venturing into a production area or out onto a condemned bridge, etcetera.  What would you like to share from a unique perspective? 
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Hans von Weissenfluh

Hans von Weissenfluh. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1974. Freelance Photographer, web developer, graphic designer, he has been working in Genoa and Florence for 15 years. He first approached 360° photography while he was working at Costa Cruises as a web designer. Specialized in high resolution luxury yacht interior design 360° photography, nautical event photography and architectural photography (mainly historic buildings). Website: Virtual Tour HvW
Expert in photo retouching, interface design, programming for virtual tours, using Flash, XML, XHTML, CSS, PHP.
Other websites: YachtPanorama
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