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October 10, 2004 Berkeley, California, USA Bridges - A World Wide PanoramaOn a weekend in late September this year, 187 photographers around the world created VR panoramas to make a truly unique website. The panoramas can be seen now at worldwidepanorama.com. VR panoramas are a unique form of photography, where a 360-degree image can be displayed on a computer screen, allowing the user to look in any direction, sometimes even straight up and down. It's almost like being there. The theme of this event was "bridges", actual or metaphorical. The range of interpretations the photographers gave to this theme is truly staggering. There are famous bridge, historic bridges, railroad viaducts, pedestrian bridges, ornamental bridges, natural bridges, cultural and historical bridges and even the bridges of ships. The bridges are all over the world, from the Golden Gate to Sydney Harbor, Scotland to Malaysia, the canals of Manchester to the canals of Venice, the Alps to Mexico to Tasmania. There are dramatic modern bridges, old stone bridges, bridges in gardens, and bridges over deep gorges. There is the highest bridge in the world, still under construction in France, the bridge too far, at Arnhem on the Rhine, even the bridge where Winnie the Pooh played Pooh-sticks. Each panorama is captioned by the photographer and precisely located with geographic coordinates. In addition to listings by name and region, the panoramas can be accessed through an interactive map, which clearly shows their worldwide distribution. The World Wide Panorama began in March 2004. The three events held so far have resulted in 488 panoramas from over 40 countries. It has been organized by G. Donald Bain and Landis Bennett, and sponsored by the Geography Computing Facility, University of California Berkeley. There is no budget, no staff, and the project has been pursued, start to finish, in cyberspace, with none of the participants ever working together in person. This site uses the QuickTime technology from Apple Computer, available free for Macintosh and Windows. All panoramas are copyright by the respective photographers and may be used only with their permission. See also Bridge Panoramas – A Quick Tour
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