Talk:Gigapixel image

Inaccurate

"A gigapixel image is a digital image bitmap composed of 2³⁰ (1,073,741,824) pixels"

I don't believe this latest revision is accurate. Unlike units of storage, in the world of pixels, things are not calculated in powers of 2.

So, whereas a megabyte and gigabyte are most commonly defined as 2²⁰ and 2³⁰ (or 1,048,576 and 1,073,741,824) bytes, respectively, megapixel and gigapixel are generally considered to indicate simply 10⁶ and 10⁹ (1,000,000 and 1,000,000,000) pixels.

As far as I'm aware, there's no necessary or compelling reason to bring powers of 2 into discussions of images, so why use a binary prefix? Why make it more complicated than it needs to be?

I am reverting it back to the 02:23, 26 December 2005 (DXBari) version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.108.209.19 (talk • contribs)

put this article into gigapan

?

perhaps not - note that the Gigapxl project referenced here, is a gigapixel camera / image, but is not a gigpan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.78.214.39 (talk) 07:45, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More than 1000 times

Article said a gigapixel is more than 1000 times a megapixel. This is incorrect. How is 1,000,000,000 more than 1000 * 1,000,000? It's exactly the same. Edited to reflect this. 86.14.89.253 (talk) 15:36, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

External links

enWP is not a directory listing service, it is an encyclopaedia. Please re-add only those that should be listed as per Wikipedia:External links. I believe that some of the links here are also on the blacklist and attempts were made to circumvent the list. Probably not the wisest move. — billinghurst sDrewth 15:45, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

* [http://www.terapixel.eu Terapixel - 1012 Gigapixels - first Terapixel photo in the world] * [http://www.shanghai-272-gigapixels.com Shanghai - 272 Gigapixels] * [http://www.sevilla111.com Sevilla - 111 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gpix.at Gpix - Dozens of Gigapixel images from Austria - up to 88 Gigapixels] * [http://www.360cities.net/london-photo-en.html London - 80 Gigapixels] * [http://70gigapixel.cloudapp.net/ Budapest - 70 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gigapixeltour.com/Realisations/index.php Cannes- 65 Gigapixels - Gigapixel Tour (Guillaume Roumestan)] * [http://multimedia.odiaonline.net/cristo/cristo-gigapixel/index.html Rio de Janeiro] * [http://www.gigapixeltour.com/Realisations/index.php Nice- 52 Gigapixels - Gigapixel Tour (Guillaume Roumestan)] * [http://photoartkalmar.com/Photoart Kalmar high res/Gigapixel/Vienna 50 Gigapixel/Donauturm.html Vienna - 50 Gigapixel] * [http://www.gigapixel-marburg.de Marburg - 47 Gigapixels] * [http://gigapan.org/gigapans/48492/ Dubai - 45 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gigapixeltour.com/Realisations/index.php Saint-Raphaël- 41 Gigapixels - Gigapixel Tour (Guillaume Roumestan)] * [http://www.360cities.net/gigapixel/strahov-library.html Prague, indoor - 40 Gigapixels - Library in Strahov Monastery] * [http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com Paris - 26 Gigapixels] * [http://www.dresden-26-gigapixels.com Dresden - 26 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gigapixeltour.com/Realisations/index.php Roquebrune Sur Argens - 22Gigapixels - Gigapixel Tour (Guillaume Roumestan)] * [http://www.gigapixeltour.com/Realisations/index.php Carriere des grands Caous- 20 Gigapixels - Gigapixel Tour (Guillaume Roumestan)] * [http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels Prague - 18 Gigapixels] * [http://www.yosemite-17-gigapixels.com Yosemite National Park (U.S.A - Californie) - 17 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gigapixeltour.com/Realisations/index.php Megeve - 16 Gigapixels - Gigapixel Tour (Guillaume Roumestan)] * [http://www.sphericalimages.com/st-pauls-cathedral-gigapan/stpauls-giga-pan.html London, indoor - 15.5 Gigapixels - Cathedral Saint Paul] * [http://www.gigapixel.com/vancouver/van-giga12.html Vancouver - 12 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gigapixel.com/vancouver/van-city.html Vancouver Downtown - 10 Gigapixels] * [http://www.Miraflores-5-gigapixels.com Miraflores, Peru - 5 Gigapixels] * [http://gigasofia.com/ Sofia,Bulgaria - 3 Gigapixels] * [http://www.miraflores-5-gigapixels.com/Miraflores-5-Gigapixels.com/Huacachina.html The desert oasis of Huacachina, Peru - 2 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=17217 President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address, Washington - 1.5 Gigapixels] * [http://www.docbert.org/MP/ Machu Picchu - 1.5 Gigapixels] * [http://www.Feldkirch360.at Feldkirch360.at - Big 1,2 Gigapixel Project] * [http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/66268 Mexico - 0.5 Gigapixels - El Evento 40 Bicentenario - Big crowd] * [http://www.360cities.net/image/skyline-san-francisco-coit-tower-gigapixel-panorama San Francisco (2008) - 0.5 Gigapixels] * [http://onemansblog.com/2008/04/04/gigapixel-photo-of-1906-san-francisco-earthquake-aftermath/ San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906 - 0.5 Gigapixels] * [http://www.gigapixel360.com GigaPixel360 - Everything Gigapixel] * [http://www.gigapixel.com/ Gigapixel Panorama Photography] * [http://www.gigapxl.org/ The Gigapxl Project] - A custom-built Gigapixel camera, by Graham Flint[http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0506/26c06/26c06.asp][http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/colloquia/20050923.htm] * [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/arts/design/09phot.html Tom Swift's New Camera, Ready for Space and Spies] - about Clifford Ross, in the New York Times December 9, 2004.[http://cliffordross.com/R1/gigapixel.html] * [http://www.querdenker-gigapixel.de/eng/index.php Querdenker Gigapixel] - Gigapixel images with a wide motive range, also multiviewpoint Gigapixel[http://www.querdenker-gigapixel.de/eng/Sonstiges-Multiviewpoint-Gigapixel.php]

Terapixel

Added a new section on terapixel, but this can easily take the place of the redirect. Should anyone think it be deleted altogether, just take a closer look here... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.252.212.113 (talk) 06:55, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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