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Camera technology - Impressive resolution of photography of a crowd scene.

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Curt:
"Where can I view the Boston marathon shots?"-IainB (May 05, 2013, 11:05 PM)
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-I know you didn't ask for this...: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/04/terror_at_the_boston_marathon.html , but I am posting anyway.

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Already 3 years ago we were talking a bit about the extremely large version of The Last Supper. The homepage has been taken down or renamed, so I no longer have a valid link. But the story was mentioned many places.

http://www.bitrebels.com/technology/this-is-the-worlds-highest-resolution-picture-ever-taken/

The original 15 by 30 foot painting was photographed over a period of 9 hours and later meticulously stitched together where the tapestry of images finally became a fully viewable and zoom-able image. This image has never before been seen in it’s full scale on the Internet.

Just to clarify, the entire image takes up over 2 terabytes of hard disk space and it takes 16 gigabyte of ram memory to correctly process it in real time. The gallery now sports even more images in the same high resolution format so if you’re looking for awesomeness then Halta Definizione is a great place to get it.

Now Leonardo da Vinci’s painting can be viewed by millions down to the very last detail. The Internet and the technology we see advancing each and every day never ceases to amaze me. To view the 16.118.035.591 pixel (172181 x 93611) image just go to their website and be inspired!

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IainB:
^^ Thanks Curt. I had seen those shots.
Using the tried-and-tested technology, I would assume that all crowd scenes could be gathered and imaged as per the OP link to the  the Vancouver Canucks Fan Zone taken before the riots.
Why would police/government agencies therefore not have been taking high resolution crowd surveillance images before and during and after the Boston event? I mean, if they were already running a bomb-threat exercise including rooftop surveillance, Navy Seals and sniffer-dogs...?

It may be that the Boston high resolution images haven't been made publicly available as they are confidential surveillance images for use only by police/government agencies, and could infringe on someone's privacy rights, or something.

IainB:
@Curt:
Re The Last Supper image: you provided the link that goes to a BitRebels post that links to the image at Halta Definizione | Website - but that link does not work.
However, if you go to the Halta Definizione home page, you will be able to register to view the gallery of images they have, presumably including The Last Supper - though I haven't tried it.

kyrathaba:
That is some impressive tech, no doubt.

Arizona Hot:
IainB: I registered for the Halta Definizione site and found "The Last Supper" there. Below are the images available to those registered:



Below are the images available in the Gallery to those not registered:



Anyone here beside him interested in them?

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