Philipp war heute zu Besuch hier, und irgendwie wurden wir durch einen Eintrag im CloudMade Blog über Hexaflexamaps inspiriert eine zoombare Papier-Karte zu Basteln. Das Falt-Video über ein ähnliches Gebilde war der Ansatzpunkt – der Rest Bestand eigentlich darin, die Vorlage in Inkscape zusammenzustellen und die einzelnen Quadrate des Stadtplans entsprechend zusammenzupuzzeln und zu drucken. [...]
Question: How to modifiy this electronic engine controller to trigger the shoot function of the camera?
The micro switches were completely removed. To not destroy the device, the control software must be modified to take care of the mechanical limits. Additionally, we want to find a way, to control the device exactly. So, first of all, a scale is added to the base. I made it using Inkscape and used the [...]
Since I went to Ethiopia the first time, I became interested in panoramic photography. Some samples can be found on AddisMap/Panorama. I took all these panoramas freehand. By chance I found the impressing website about KAP (Kite Aerial Photography) by James Gentles who recommended to use devices like the gigapan system for automatically shooting panoramas. [...]
