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There are a number of ways of measuring the largest photograph in the world. This article highlights the attempts to create such an image; whether it be print or digital. Most of these photographs that are claimed to be the largest are usually stitched from smaller images.
There have been a small number of attempts to create the largest print photograph over many years. The most recent claim was by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Current
- Name of project/picture: Unknown
- Claimed by: Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Photograph of: Canadian Aboriginal forest
- Dimensions: 112 m (367 ft) (L) x 15 m (49 ft) (H)
Within the Canadian Museum of Civilizationone wall of the massive Grand Hall is composed of a scrim covered by a photo of a forest. The photo is about 100 m (328 ft) by 15 m (49 ft).
A preview of the image can be seen at:
Digital
There have been attempts to set the record for the largest digital photograph over many years. The most recent claim was by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.
Current
- Name of project/picture: Gigapix
- Claimed by: TNO
- Photograph of: Delft, Netherlands
- Dimensions: 78,797px (L) × 31,565px (W)
- Size: 7.5GB
- Pixels: 2,487,227,305
- Year: 2004
One of these attempts was by Dutch company TNO. The project dubbed "Gigapix" was claimed to be the largest digital panoramic photo, although it is a stitched photograph by merging several small sections into one photograph. According to one The Register article and Slashdot is claimed to be the photograph is 78,797 by 31,565 pixels large. It was taken on a Nikon D1X camera.
A preview of the image can be seen at:
- TNO: Largest digital panoramic photograph They do not offer the full version of the photograph.
- full size zoomable
Previous
- Name of project/picture: Unknown
- Claimed by: Max Lyons, Gigapixel Images
- Photograph of: Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA
- Dimensions: 40,784px (L) × 26,800px (W)
- Size: 2.06GB
- Pixels: 1.09 Billion
- Year: 2003
The previous record belonged to Max Lyons of Gigapixel Images. He had at one stage claimed to have created the largest photo. It comprised of 196 images that were stitched together. Since then this claim has been surpassed by that of the TNO attempt. TNO's Gigapix is 2.5 times larger.
A preview of the image can be seen at:
External links
- BBC BBC report on TNO image
- CNET News.com CNET report on TNO image
- The gigapixel project
- Wired News Photo in Calif. could be world's largest
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