Largest_photographs_in_the_world Largest photographs in the world From Sterwiki There are a number of ways of measuring the largest photograph in the world. This article highlights the attempts to create such an image; whether it be print or digital. Most of these photographs that are claimed to be the largest are usually stitched from smaller images. Table of contents showTocToggle('show','hide') 1 Print 1.1 Current 2 Digital 2.1 Current 2.2 Previous 3 Sources 4 External links Print Missing imageLargest_photo.JPG The largest print photograph serves as a backdrop to a display of First Nations structures at the Canadian Museum of Civilization There has been a small amount of attempt to create the largest print photograph over many years. The most recent claim was by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Current Name of project/picture: Unknown Claimed by: Canadian Museum of Civilization Photograph of: Canadian Aboriginal forest Dimensions: 112m (L) x 15m (W) The record for the largest colour photograph in the world is claimed by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. One wall of the massive Grand Hall is composed of a scrim covered by a photo of a forest. The photo is about 100 m by 15 m. A preview of the image can be seen at: Canadian Museum of Civilization: Grand Hall (http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/grand/grandeng.html) Digital There have been attempts to set the record for the largest digital photograph over many years. The most recent claim was by Dutch company TNO. Current Missing imageDelft_stadhuis.jpg Delft, Netherlands Name of project/picture: Gigapix Claimed by: TNO Photograph of: Delft, Netherlands Dimensions: 78,797px (L) × 34,565px (W) Size: 7.5GB Pixels: 2.5 Billion Year: 2004 One of these attempts was by Dutch company TNO. The project dubbed 'Gigapix' was claimed to be the largest digital panoramic photo. Although it is a stitched photograph by merging several small sections into one photograph. According to one The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/17/worlds_biggest_snap/) article and Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/16/1323206) is claimed to be the photograph is 78,797 by 31,565 pixels large. It was taken on a Nikon Dx1 camera. If the photo were to be in print form then it would be 6 by 2 metres large. A preview of the image can be seen at: TNO: Largest digital panoramic photograph (http://www.tpd.tno.nl/smartsite1090.html) They do not offer the full version of the photograph. full size zoomable (http://triton.tpd.tno.nl/gigazoom/Delft2.htm) Previous Missing imageGigapixel_small.jpg Bryce Canyon, USA Name of project/picture: Unknown Claimed by: Max Lyons, Gigapixel Images Photograph of: Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA Dimensions: 40,784px (L) × 26,800px (W) Size: 2.06GB Pixels: 1.09 Billion Year: 2003 The previous record belonged to Max Lyons of Gigapixel images. He had at one stage claimed to have created the largest photo. It comprised of 196 images that were stitched together. Since then this claim has been surpassed by that of the TNO attempt. TNO's Gigapix is 2.5 times larger. A preview of the image can be seen at: Gigapixel Images: Max Lyons attempt (http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm) Sources TNO TNO Gigapix Website (http://www.tpd.tno.nl/smartsite966.html) Max Lyons Gigapixel Images (http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm) Canadian Museum of Civilization Canadian Museum of Cilization: Grand Hall (http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/grand/grandeng.html) The Register The Register: World's largest photo (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/17/worlds_biggest_snap/) Quelle "Largest_photographs_in_the_world" : Wikipedia.org Main page for "Largest_photographs_in_the_world"