proj-imim:
Killing the Birds
Ed Howard 2000-May-29 16:19:41
I thought of a way that may kill 4 birds with one stone. (Helmut,
unfortunately you are the stone thrower).
How about revisiting the partial pano solution.
If it could be reengineered to not require the balance of the image being
added, (with a HFOVTIC parameter - that's horizontal field of view that
image covers).
BIRD1 - It would be easier to do the partial panos.
BIRD2 - We could use it for displaying zoom&pan stills. by specifying a very
small HFOVTIC and matching HFOV along with pan limits. The Frame controls
would still function.
BIRD3 - It would also work for displaying multiple images (with no load
times) by putting several images next to each other in 1 .jpg(or inserting
multiple images like hotspot images). Then if we could alter pan limits on
the fly without reloading image, we could instantly hop from 1 image to
another. Why go this route you ask? Someday we could combine it with
automatically sequenced moveFromTos and gotoViews to orchistrate motion
shows. The auto sequencing would be nice for full panos also..
BIRD4 - Cyclovisioneers & other funky uneven pano folks wouldn't need to add
pixels.
I must admit though that I still like the idea of displaying stills LARGER
than the viewer window.
Just a shot in the dark from a blind man....
Ed Howard