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2.5 Gigapixel Picture .. check this out

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Cool picture! B| And I found the McDonalds sign. I also know what time the picture was taken. :)
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btw: can you find the McDonald's? :D



About 1/4 from the right side, just to the right of the TPGPOST building, and close to the top, almost exactly one full screen down (zoomed all the way in) from the skyline.



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Holy cow... that was 20 minutes that I'll never get back. I also found Joe Camel and a couple of windmills. cool picture... thanks for the distraction. :P

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cool, did you see this
this and that ??

cool tech data :
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Technical details

Below are some facts and figures about the gigapixel image:

* Final image dimensions: 78.797 x 31.565 pixels
* Number of pixels in final image: 2,487,227,305 (2.5 gigapixel)
* Final image file format: 24-bit colour bitmap
* Final image file size: 7.5 GBytes
* Number of source images: 600
* Number of pixels in source images: 3,537,408,000 (600 images * 3008*1960)
* Lens focal length: 400 mm (equivalent to 600 mm on a 35 mm camera)
* Aperture: F22, Shutter speed: 1/100, ISO: 125
* Horizontal field of view of final image: 93 degrees
* Time required to capture component images: 1 hour and 12 minutes
* Time required to match overlapping images: 20 hours
* Time required to optimise project: 4 hours
* Time required to compose the image: 3 full days using 5 high-end pcs
* Time required to blend seams / correct misalignments / finalise image: 2 days


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What they need in that picture is a guy wearing a red and white striped shirt with a namecard saying "waldo" :D

for more fun, try to find these:

The post office (easy)

two hot chicks in white tank tops reading a map together (hard)

graffetti that says "CODER"

MB 3528, RB 1182

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two hot chicks in white tank tops reading a map together (hard)



I'd go for the brunette on the right, not so sure about the other one though.

And what about, two kids with backpacks riding their bikes?
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