9,000 Gigapans posted!

Congratulations are due to Russ Dodd for posting the 9,000th Gigapan panorama ever to our small community. We would never have guessed one year ago when this project website began that there would be so many wonderful panoramas shared by so many enthusiasts. We will have to work out a special prize, of course, for the 10,000th Gigapan panorama upload. In the meantime, let's enjoy Russ's Gigapan.

Earth Science continues!

There has been so much appreciation of Ron Schott's excellent collections of geological curated gigapans that even though Earth Science Week ended a week ago, we continue to feature new sets from Ron on the front page of gigapan.org. Today is Coastal & Shorelines, and there will be two more themes before we are all done: Yosemite National Park; and Sediment, Rocks, Roadcuts & Outcrops.

This has been a wonderful guest curation experience. I encourage everyone to consider creating collections of Gigapan panoramas that we will be happy to feature on the front page. If you have a collection and you are ready to share it, contact me by email with your list at illah at cs.cmu.edu.

Gigapan Gallery in atoms not bits

We just returned from South Africa, where MuseumAfrica in Johannesburg now has a beautiful gallery exhibit called 'Gigapan Conversations.' This is a collection of Gigapan panoramas and conversations between students in Soweto and Pittsburgh, PA about culture, inclusion and history. Here is a link to some information about this first try at taking the internet world of Gigapan into the physical world of paper. If you have a chance to visit the gallery, notice that there are special conversation markers there that you can use to add to the ongoing conversations on the gallery walls! This project is part of our partnership with UNESCO to bring the world closer through cross-cultural connections.

Earth Science Week

This week is Earth Science Week, and thanks to member Ron Schott we are presenting curated geologically themed Gigapan panoramas on the front page each day of the week. Today is mountains, my very favorite category. For more information visit Earth Science Week's website.

Nextfest Gigapan

The Nextfest team coordinated a team of well-versed Gigapanners to fly into Chicago and, in preparation for Wired Nextfest, take Gigapans of a beautiful array of Chicago landmarks. These will be on display at Nextfest this week, and we are pleased to curate them for the front page of gigapan.org -- so please go to the front page and reload often and explore the variety of images.

Beta Testing of Gigapan units continues

We are pleased to let you know that the distribution of Beta Test Gigapan units has resumed! The company we worked with originally, Charmed Labs, has teamed up with others and now a new company is able to build and help to run the Beta test for Gigapans. To sign up directly with this new company go to their website to register your interest in the Gigapan hardware.

Post-Hurricane Ike Gigapan images

We have already seen two Gigapan panorama uploads from Houston in the wake of Hurricane Ike. They are at: this curated page. We also know about other Gigapanners who will be taking more shots and uploading just as soon as they have power. So stay tuned for more. Our thoughts and well wishes go out to all those in the southern seaboard right now.