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cfastie "Thanks Sara, Surprised? Yes, at how bloody long it takes to align, analyse, output, and stitch together the images for EACH panorama;] Most of th..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "How do I make the links to other sites open in a new tab? (Don't want to lead people away). " | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "I will try embedding the gigapan. Gigapans are not made for small frames, so it could extend into the unused white space on the right. That might ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Hi Sara, I tried a few more things last week that I will post soon. One is already here, and I will describe that in a research note in a while. ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "I just noticed that MS ICE will save files as PNG and also as Photoshop. When saved as Photoshop, the background is transparent. So it is easy to ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Hi Jasja, I think the stereo photography and other synchronous photography done with SDM requires that an external signal be sent to the multiple ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Excellent air photos! I agree that oblique shots can be really informative. The ISSUU presentation is fantastic. I finally understand what Gowan..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Here are four CR123 rechargeable batteries and a charger for $26: http://www.amazon.com/RCR123A-Li-ION-Rechargeable-Batteries-Charger/dp/B002UEE7SU..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Thanks Randy. You must be right about the relay. Here is the circuit for the MK111 timer: The assembly manual (pdf) has some more specs for the ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "I found a couple of 9v batteries lying around and neither of them would power the relay, but they did make the LED light on cue. I connected both ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Excellent gut feeling, Jeff. I powered the timer with 12 rechargeable 1.2v AA (=14.4v) and it worked fine. It makes a lot of noise and the test l..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "The timer I have seems to be different from all three of yours. The relay NEVER makes a loud click (although it does make a barely audible click)...." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Here are two pieces of evidence that are consistent with the failed relay hypothesis. 1) When I first got the timer working (with nothing connected..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "MapKnitter apparently accepts png files. I don't know if there is a size limit on png images, but they can have transparent backgrounds. There is..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "I recall that MapKnitter limits uploaded images to 10 MB, so that would be just a few images stitched together. I have noticed that some MapKnitte..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Update: This was delivered today in Vermont. It took eight days to arrive from Xiukanglu, Shanghai. It looks exactly as advertised, except that i..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "A well packed box of goodies just arrived here in Vermont from IR Camera Pair Headquarters. Everything looks good. I might get some tests shots in..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Adam, Microsoft ICE seems to work okay for stitching some sets of vertical mapping photos. It has four stitching modes: one for a camera rotating..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Speaking of Google Earth, this map is georeferenced rather poorly there. I guess we just have to wait for the next update to see if that gets fixed? " | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Somehow the capture date was entered wrong for this map. The images were captured on November 18, 2011, not October 28. Unfortunately, this error ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Thanks for organizing all these notes Stewart! " | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "This guy seems to have worked out a process for cutting filters: "Cutting your own custom glass can be done either with a standard glass cutter, b..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "How about the thickness? Would it be possible to replace the IR-block filter with an actual optical glass visible-block filter? How thick could a..." | Read more » over 12 years ago
cfastie "Too bad about the tiny ribbon, but USB via CHDK is probably a solution that the camera kit Kickstarter backers will deal with gracefully. Because ..." | Read more » over 12 years ago