What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like • Hacker News Board

Honestly I thought I was going to see some visualisation of a 1px high image vs. various other long things. E.g. " At a pixel density of 330ppi this image would be longer than 1000 Starship Enterprises* ". Alas, no.

> What a 600,000 megapixels wide picture looks like (oddly-even.com) 23 points by lukedeering 1 hour ago | flag | 12 comments

Megapixel: I do not think it means what you think it means.

> A megapixel (MP or Mpx) is one million pixels [1]

600,000 * 1,000,000 = 600,000,000,000

> The largest photo ever taken of Tokyo is ... 600,000 pixels wide [2]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel#Megapixel

[2] http://www.oddly-even.com/2013/07/31/the-largest-photo-ever-...

*I wouldn't mind knowing how many Starship Enterprises a 600,000 megapixel wide picture would be if viewed at a pixel density of 330ppi.

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by gearoidoc » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 10:05 AM UTC

This is simply awesome.

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

#18

Post by aquarin » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 10:07 AM UTC

Hum, a lonely head :) http://360gigapixels.com/tokyo-tower-panorama-photo/?v=-0.5,...

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by gambiting » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 10:07 AM UTC

Is this a mini cemetery? Squished between tall buildings?

http://360gigapixels.com/tokyo-tower-panorama-photo/?v=-296....

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by v08i » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 10:12 AM UTC

Half a car : http://360gigapixels.com/tokyo-tower-panorama-photo/?v=163.5...