Amazing inaugural surveillance
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I received the following via email, quite amazing.
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
Zoom in ('double-click' an area) ....and watch it focus. Then zoom some more... And wait for focus.What a surveillance tool this is. !
This picture was taken with a robotic camera and weighs in at 1,474 megapixel. (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera)
It was a Canon that pulled together over 200 individual shots.
Each zoom in takes a second to focus ...and then you can see some amazing reactions.
Bonus points if you find Yo-Yo Ma .... Taking a picture with his iPhone.
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I was amazed at the Lenses on the Cameras on the Tower that the TV cameras are on. Where do you get a 2' long Telephoto lens like that? And what would it cost?
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I've seen a few of these on Google Earth. There appears to be some kind of stitching going on, as Dale says, rather than it simply being a very hi-res photo. I'm not sure whether it's done in-camera or PP. Look at the white telephoto lens on the extreme left...and the people behind it.
There's a Gigapan of a Moscow Park on GE where it similarly starts to come apart at the seams when you reach the extremities. You need Gigapan enabled in the Galleries layer. It's no good for commercial use, of course, but I've been thinking for a while that these Gigapan photos...and the 360 panos...are actually a pretty good source for 2D Face Me people. Just zoom in and do a Print Screen.
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if you zoom in you can see Hilary saying to Bill . . "Sunuvab**ch!"
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I found Waldo! (He looks more interested in what the Prez is saying than most of the others).
Regards, Ross
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Can't believe security let that guy in wearing a mask.
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Mission Impossible team, John. That IS Peter Graves in the top right, isn't it?
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I think i found, The Ghost of Presidencies Past
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Marian - Clearly that image is proof that the US government is developing cloaking devices by re-engineering alien spacecraft in Area 51. I predict that their understanding of this technology will advance to the point that by the next inaguration Secret Service agents will be able to be completely cloaked and not just partially cloaked as the image shows.
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I found more proof that cloaking was being used at the inauguration. This one shows they are closer to fully understanding this technology than I had thought. It appears from the bluejeans that this may be the same person featured in Marian's posting.
Through closely examining thousands of faces in the crowd I've come to the hypothesis that the cloaking technology involves some form of electromagnetic radiation. It is well known that exposure to intense electromagnetic radiation can make people lathargic and dim-witted. Looking closely at the crowd I'm overwhelmed by the apparent boredom they appear to be suffering through. Many seem to be thinking "why the hell am I here?". Why? Clearly it is mind numbing effects of overexposure to electromagnetic radiation that makes them sit through extreme boredom.
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That last shot, Ross, demonstrates why you should always have your Cloak of Invisibility dry cleaned. They shrink something rotten in a machine...especially anything hotter than setting 30.
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On a more serious note the fact that there are some people only partially visible suggest these gigapan photo montages cannot be trusted as a 'snapshot' in time. The partially visible people suggest the images that make up the overall composite aren't necessarily from the same moment in time. In an image such as this it is reasonable to expect it to capture a historic moment but it may be too inaccurate to be such a record.
I keep finding it strange that the vast majority of faces in the image look very bored and disinterested. Given that the people who attended likely are avid Obama supporters it seems very odd to me that when he is at the podium they can't seem to care less. Putting the pieces together I'd suggest the crowd pics aren't actually from the same moment that the President is speaking. I'm suggesting the montage was assembled to serve to show the context but that it isn't actually capturing the 'moment'. I don't think this is a conspiracy as the intent is likely honorable -- just that it should be understood that in essence it is a doctored photograph and therefore a less trustworthy record of the historic moment it seems to be trying to capture.
Regards, Ross
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@ross macintosh said:
The partially visible people suggest the images that make up the overall composite aren't necessarily from the same moment in time.
Quote from Wikipedia:
@unknownuser said:
It (the Gigapan) is a robotic platform that attaches to a digital camera and some computer software. The robotic platform allows a user to take a photograph, then it will re-aim the camera with great precision, to take another photograph. After taking many photos, the software stitches all the pictures into a gigapixel image.
It would be interesting to see a Gigapan shot of a soccer match.
Cheers,
GuitePS: Why does the forum software limit lines to such few number of characters?
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And our special guest from area 51 is....
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It is hard not to go poking around in this though.
I'm not sure of its relevance for surveillance, other than as after the fact evidence, unless they are analyzing within moments of the picture being taken, which would be quite a computer crunching feat. ( I think Waldo was there to see if there was an announcement about tax credits for frequent travellers
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My Gnome gets around!
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lol Is he secret service?
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I wouldnt be surpised, he's a shifty looking fellow.
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