On Thursday, September 27th 2007, Poynter’s E-Media Tidbits posted an article entitled “Gigapan: Richer Context, Detail from Digital Photos”.

“GigaPan is the newest development of the Global Connection Project, which aims to help us meet our neighbors across the globe, and learn about our planet itself. GigaPan will help bring distant communities and peoples together through images that have so much detail that they are, themselves, the objects of exploration, discovery and wonder. We believe that enabling people to explore, experience, and share each other’s worlds can be a transforming experience. Our mission is to make all aspects of the GigaPan experience accessible and affordable to the broadest possible community (from GigaPan.org).”

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Words and still images don’t convey the visual impact. Go explore some Gigapan images, and note their extraordinary blend of context and detail. Then imagine what value this could offer in news situations, such as crowd scenes at a political rally, a riot, the aftermath of a storm, or a bridge collapse.

Furthermore, imagine what this technology could do in the hands of civilians and soldiers in a conflict situation, or citizen journalists documenting local events or conditions.

I can only reiterate the sentiments of Amy Gahran. Words alone cannot fully describe the rich, mesmerizing effects of the images and the moments that each photograph captures. You have to see for yourself all that GigaPan has to offer.