panorama

the visual percept of a region

"the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

: ''This article is about the term ''Panorama'' in art and photography. For other uses, see Panorama (disambiguation).''The term panorama originally referred to panoramic painting, but today means any high aspect ratio (image)aspect ratio or widescreenwide screen image or film format, especially suitable for landscapes, where a lot of scenery can be taken in at a glance.Panoramic paintingPanoramic paintings were very popular in the 19th century. The Bourbaki Panorama in Lucerne, Switzerland exhibits a circular painting of 1881 painted by Edouard Castres. The painting measures about 10 metres in height with a circumference of more than 100 metres.Especially in panoramic photography, the panoramic format can be taken to extremes, as in this example showing Riddarfjärden in Stockholm: Panoramic images such as the above may be taken using specialized cameras or they may be pieced together from multiple digitized photographs in a process called . However, the most common method of producing panoramic photos is to simply crop away the top and bottom portions an exceptionally wide angle lenswide angle photograph taken on a standard camera (such as 135 film35mm or medium format) so that the aspect ratio (image)aspect ratio of the remaining image is between 2:1 and 3:1. Portions of an image such as that above may be rendered into an undistorted view in response to user control in an image-based form of virtual reality, such as QuickTime VR.Extreme panoramic formats in filmcinema are also possible, but require special projection rooms and projection systems. The first 360° installation was at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Another 360° system was shown at the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland. The theater is a large cylindrical space with an arrangement of screens whose bottom is several meters above the floor. This allows viewers to enter and exit through doors in the lower part of the cylinder and view the presentation without visual interference from other viewers. There is no seating but there are rails to lean against and to hold on to in case of vertigo induced by camera motion. The projection system consists of an odd number of screens arranged in a circle with a gap between each, which avoids minor disruputive discontinuities by introducing major discontinuities that can easily be overlooked. Within the gap between each screen is the lens of a movie projector that displays an image on its specific screen, which is diametrically opposite across the room.Locations of circular panoramic movie theaters:

Disneyland, Anaheim, California, USA

Museum of the Terracotta Army, Xian, China

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Panning

Film formatde:Panoramabild

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Around the World in 360º
Virtual tours from all over the world. Virtual tours in America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Easy navigation on the worldmap. Looking around before you book. Travelinformation.
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Beneinvista Virtual Tour
Visite virtuali immersive con panorami sferici in alberghi, fiere, mostre proprietà immobiliari di ogni tipo, tour virtuali.
http://www.beneinvista.it/

Photography of Huib Nederhof
Beautiful photography site. Old buildings, amazing high quality panoramas, full screen QVTR. All made in the area of Rotterdam. Also very nice portraits and fashion pics.
http://www.huibnederhof.nl/

THE PANORAMA
Non-smoking adults only. Relax and enjoy asme of the finest sea views in the Channel Islands.U.K. Room and Breakfast terms. Open April to October. Featured on T.V's Britains Best Breaks. View our live Web-cam.
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Panorama
Versione online del settimanale della Mondadori, con articoli dall'edizione corrente, di archivio, o con flash di aggiornamento
http://www.panorama.it/

Panorama Resort
Year-round resort 2 hours southwest of Banff, on the western slopes of the Rockies.
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Panorama
News and views about the Rock of Gibraltar. Links to UK and Spanish News.
http://www.panorama.gi/

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