Photosynth of Tuvalu

We uploaded Photosynth(s) of Tuvalu.







There are typical 7 synthes of Funafuti available. (plug-in is necessary)

• South End
• Coastline
• Narrowest Point
• North End
• Runway
• Scenes of Tuvalu
• Streets of Tuvalu
  

As we wrote, we took 5000 or more pictures in Tuvalu including photographs on all roads of Funafuti. We are making much more synthes.

See also: Photosynth of Nakagin Capsule Tower

3200 Photographs with GPS of Tuvalu

We uploaded 3200 Photographs with GPS of Tuvalu as the first of the result of a joint research with NPO Tuvalu OverView.

It can be viewed with Google Earth and Picasa Web Album.

• KML for Google Earth
• Web album (Sky of Tuvalu)
• Web album (Eye-level #1)
• Web album (Eye-level #2)
• Web album (Eye-level #3)

These photographs can be freely used for a non-profit-making purpose. Please contact us when you want to use it for profit.




Photographs:
Hidenori Watanave Laboratory @ Tokyo Metropolitan University
(Makiko Suzuki, Hidenori Watanave)

Supported by:
Tuvalu OverView and Photon,Inc.

and also, we are making 3D photograph oriented space of Tuvalu by using Virtual Worlds. Experimental version that uses Microsoft Photosynth are open to the public.

The last day: Eclipse in Tuvalu

Today is the last day of our reserch. We take photographs of Eclipse in Tuvalu. 85% of the sun was lacked in Tuvalu.





And also, we took HD movies of Eclipse, we will upload it soon.

A perfect rainbow appeared on the opposite side of the sun.

The 6th day in Tuvalu: Mission completed

We completed the collection of 5563 photographs with GPS route in Funafuti.

• Almost sequences of all roads
  
• Partial coastlines
• Panoramic pictures of several places
• Inside of houses
• Coastline and planting in the south end of Funafuti atoll
• Sky and surfaces of ground
  

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And also, following videos.

• Fixed camera movies from insect view of several places
• Continuous sequences from north end to south end with special camera

A special camera is this. It is possible to take movies of both right and left sceneries on the road by using this.



We will share kml data (Placemarks and Photooverlays) on August.

The 3rd day in Tuval

Yesterday, we went Funafara, south-edge of Funafuti atoll by boat. We got GPS log and pictures on the way to Funafara.

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We plan to take geostationary frame HD movies, coastline, detailed alley, etc. while staying for more four days.

GPS mapping of Tuvalu

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Now I'm in Tuvalu with a student of Hidenori Watanave laboratory @ Tokyo Metropolitan University and NPO Tuvalu Overview.



We are correcting a lot of pictures, and we will make thousands of placemarks and photo-overlays of Tuvalu on Google Earth, and 3D photograph-oriented space in Second Life, and supporting+communication system of the activity of Tuvalu Overview. Tempolary situation of material collection is as follows.

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And I uploaded test version of panoramic picture of Tuvalu. This place is the narrowest point in Tuvalu. A violent open sea faces a quiet lagoon. This is a scene that symbolizes Tuvalu on the borderline between development and native exist.


You can scroll it.

It will be open to public in September 2009.