World Wide Panorama - Revision history

Zarl: /* File sizes */ new paragraph "equipment stats"

2009-05-23T15:18:37Z

‎File sizes: new paragraph "equipment stats"

Zarl: /* Participation */ URL updated

2009-05-23T14:59:31Z

‎Participation: URL updated

Zarl: /* Participation */ Link to Wikipedia list of applications with iCalendar support

2009-05-22T16:43:03Z

‎Participation: Link to Wikipedia list of applications with iCalendar support

Erik Krause: server isn't run by geo-images anymore.

2009-05-18T19:40:25Z

server isn't run by geo-images anymore.

Zarl: /* Prep server */ URL updated

2009-05-18T11:31:30Z

‎Prep server: URL updated

Zarl: /* Participation */ rule of thumb for shooting date/time

2009-05-18T11:29:06Z

‎Participation: rule of thumb for shooting date/time

Zarl: /* Participation */ prep server location

2008-06-25T08:19:12Z

‎Participation: prep server location

Zarl: /* File sizes */ list changed to unordered

2008-06-18T17:56:54Z

‎File sizes: list changed to unordered

Zarl: /* Participation */ new file sizes

2008-06-18T17:55:35Z

‎Participation: new file sizes

Zarl: /* Participation */ link fixed

2008-06-18T06:25:15Z

‎Participation: link fixed

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 * '''Fullscreen''' size: max. 5 MB (3 MB recommended)
 Smaller sizes are preferred for faster download times so visitors with slow connections don't get annoyed. Sometimes there is a need to upload bigger file sizes to achieve a better quality, though. More information is available [http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp/practical/NextEvent.html here].
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 Participation is open to everyone, interpretations of the theme have to be uploaded as cylindrical or spherical panoramas as well as object vr. The required file format is [[QTVR]].
-Photography takes place during a time frame of several days before and after the solstices (longest and shortest days of the year) and equinoxes (days and nights of equal length). An iCal / Outlook [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_with_iCalendar_support compatible calendar] maintained by Landis Bennett is available at [webcal://icalx.com/public/Landis/WWP.ics icalx.com/public/Landis/WWP.ics]. If you need to plan your shooting schedule in advance use e.g. Wikipedia to look up the actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice UTC date/time table] of the coming solstice or equinox and convert that to your local time with [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html timeanddate.com].
+Photography takes place during a time frame of several days before and after the solstices (longest and shortest days of the year) and equinoxes (days and nights of equal length). An iCal / Outlook [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_with_iCalendar_support compatible calendar] maintained by Landis Bennett is available at [webcal://icalx.com/public/landis/WWP.ics icalx.com/public/landis/WWP.ics]. If you need to plan your shooting schedule in advance use e.g. Wikipedia to look up the actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice UTC date/time table] of the coming solstice or equinox and convert that to your local time with [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html timeanddate.com].
 Event themes are chosen by the organisators, which are open for suggestions about new themes. The [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp/ WWP Yahoo group] is the preferred mailing list / web forum for the communication between interested artists and notices from the organisators. This list is also helpful if you run into technical problems during the preparation period.

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 Participation is open to everyone, interpretations of the theme have to be uploaded as cylindrical or spherical panoramas as well as object vr. The required file format is [[QTVR]].
-Photography takes place during a time frame of several days before and after the solstices (longest and shortest days of the year) and equinoxes (days and nights of equal length). An iCal / Outlook compatible calendar maintained by Landis Bennett is available at [webcal://icalx.com/public/Landis/WWP.ics icalx.com/public/Landis/WWP.ics]. If you need to plan your shooting schedule in advance use e.g. Wikipedia to look up the actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice UTC date/time table] of the coming solstice or equinox and convert that to your local time with [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html timeanddate.com].
+Photography takes place during a time frame of several days before and after the solstices (longest and shortest days of the year) and equinoxes (days and nights of equal length). An iCal / Outlook [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_with_iCalendar_support compatible calendar] maintained by Landis Bennett is available at [webcal://icalx.com/public/Landis/WWP.ics icalx.com/public/Landis/WWP.ics]. If you need to plan your shooting schedule in advance use e.g. Wikipedia to look up the actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice UTC date/time table] of the coming solstice or equinox and convert that to your local time with [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html timeanddate.com].
 Event themes are chosen by the organisators, which are open for suggestions about new themes. The [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwp/ WWP Yahoo group] is the preferred mailing list / web forum for the communication between interested artists and notices from the organisators. This list is also helpful if you run into technical problems during the preparation period.

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 {{Glossary|a panoramic photographing event taking place four times a year on http://www.worldwidepanorama.com}}The '''World Wide Panorama''' (often abbreviated as '''wwp''') was started in March 2004 by G. Donald Bain, the then Director of the Geography Computing Facility, University of California at Berkeley. It has since become an ongoing series of events and attracts artists from a large number of countries.
-Visitors can reach the project website via [http://www.worldwidepanorama.com/ worldwidepanorama.com] which links to the content actually hosted on a server of the ''Geo-Images Project'' at [http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp/index.html geoimages.berkeley.edu].
+Visitors can reach the project website via [http://www.worldwidepanorama.com/ worldwidepanorama.com] which originally was hosted on a server of the ''Geo-Images Project'' at [http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp/index.html geoimages.berkeley.edu]. The WWP is now run by the World Wide Panorama Foundation, a California Public Benefit Corporation (a non-commercial project).
 == Participation ==

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 == Prep server ==
-As soon as photography period for each event starts the ''prep(aration) server'' is opened for submissions and ready to accept new accounts. That server is located at [http://128.32.102.88:8090/gen/ 128.32.102.88:8090/gen/] and is used to upload panorama (and sound) files as well as to edit panorama captions, further information plus a personal page for each member. New accounts that are not used to upload a panorama in time for the coming event will be deleted, i.e. such an (empty) account would need to be newly set up during the following photography/editing period.
+As soon as photography period for each event starts the ''prep(aration) server'' is opened for submissions and ready to accept new accounts. That server is located at [http://contribute.worldwidepanorama.org/gen/ contribute.worldwidepanorama.org/gen/] and is used to upload panorama (and sound) files as well as to edit panorama captions, further information plus a personal page for each member. New accounts that are not used to upload a panorama in time for the coming event will be deleted, i.e. such an (empty) account would need to be newly set up during the following photography/editing period.
 == File sizes ==

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 Beginning with the ''Elevation'' event (19-22 June 2008) the limits for maximum file sizes have been raised to
-# '''Standard''' size: max. 1 MB (700 kB recommended)
+* '''Standard''' size: max. 1 MB (700 kB recommended)
-# '''Fullscreen''' size: max. 5 MB (3 MB recommended)
+* '''Fullscreen''' size: max. 5 MB (3 MB recommended)
 Smaller sizes are preferred for faster download times so visitors with slow connections don't get annoyed. Sometimes there is a need to upload bigger file sizes to achieve a better quality, though. More information is available [http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp/practical/NextEvent.html here].
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