tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41227299572610612402024-02-19T10:57:12.905-05:00Fine Outreach for Science • GigaPanFine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-82953933663050633192011-04-21T16:22:00.000-04:002011-04-21T16:22:26.170-04:00Earth Day with Fine Fellow Alex SmithUniversity of Guelph leads with an article about the gigapan work of Fine Fellow Alex Smith.
Illah Nourbakhsh, a robotics professor at Carnegie Mellon University, says the Guelph biologist is “pioneering new ways in which gigapixel imagery can be used to capture the biodiversity of our planet.”read more:
http://atguelph.uoguelph.ca/2011/04/gigapan-celebrates-earth-day-with-u-of-g-prof%E2%80%Fine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-42842173062178867142010-12-15T12:29:00.000-05:002010-12-15T12:29:27.685-05:00Fine Fellow Chris Linder speaks at #AGU10
Today at 11:20am PST, Chris Linder will give a talk in the Imperative of Climate Literacy II session - Moscone South room 102 at the 2010 meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Multimedia storytelling
Chris Linder, Max Wilbert, R. Max Holmes
Multimedia video presentations, which integrate still photographs with video clips, audio interviews, ambient sounds, and music, are an Fine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-92222432020329330912010-12-03T14:04:00.000-05:002010-12-03T14:04:44.628-05:00Preserving Endangered Languages with GigaPan
CREATE Lab's Laura Tomokiyo recently returned from the Elders and Youth Conference in Barrow, Alaska, where she utilized GigaPan to help document Inupiak culture and language.
View several GigaPans taken during the Elders and Youth Conference
"I've been working with the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska to do language and cultural documentation using GigaPan. GigaPan allows us to Fine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-41147731078862634842010-11-24T09:30:00.000-05:002010-11-24T09:30:38.077-05:00Gigapixel Science in the newsWe are so excited to share some recent news:
November 5, 2010
Science
Panning for Science
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6005/748.summary
November 12, 2010
National Geographic Daily News
Billion-Pixel Image Tool Probes Science Mysteries Ultra-zoomable GigaPan gives experts "incredible" new perspective
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/Fine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-73073894773509912902010-11-23T09:46:00.001-05:002010-11-23T09:46:44.233-05:00Gigapixel Science thank youWe know everyone must have made it back safely to their corner of the Earth, as panoramas are already popping up on the gigapan.org website from a variety of your locales! We hope – and believe – you each enjoyed the very first Fine International Conference in Gigapixel Imaging for Science as much as we enjoyed organizing it for you, and having the chance to meet many of you in person.
Fine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-717701736234636682010-11-04T15:17:00.005-04:002010-11-04T15:26:01.111-04:00Panning for Science in Science MagazineThe GigaPan, CMU Create Lab's Illah Nourbakhsh and Randy Sargent + several Fine Fellows are profiled in Karen A. Frenkel's Science Magazine article "Panning for Science."Excerpt from the article:"GigaPans have captured the public's imagination. Five thousand systems have been bought, and today the site hosts 40,000 public panoramas that draw 20 million visitors a year; another 20,000 are in kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-91959211986333067822010-10-18T14:25:00.006-04:002010-10-18T14:36:43.131-04:00How GigaPan Stitch WorksThis workshop, part of the Fine International Gigapixel Conference, will be held on Friday, November 12 from 1:30 to 2:15 pm, will be led by:Paul Heckbert, GigaPan SystemsAlexandre Jenny, Kolor Gene Cooper, Four ChambersRandy Sargent, GigaPan Systems/NASA/CMUGigaPan Stitch is software that takes overlapping digital images shot from a common viewpoint, and aligns and blends them to form a high kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-39073212446358190002010-10-13T13:52:00.003-04:002010-10-13T14:10:53.355-04:00More than meets they eye:No, not transformers. Instead, think "Gigapixel Resolution High Dynamic Range Imaging Workflow and Techniques," a workshop presented by Jay Hirshfeld, CEO/President of Cineflock, LLC and COO/VP of production at Virsocom, Inc. Jay's workshop will demonstrate the benefits and detriments of various methods for obtaining consistent, accurate HDR gigapixel images.While excellent exposure across an kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-75117843793472078282010-10-08T14:57:00.003-04:002010-10-08T15:02:46.140-04:00GigaPan for EducatorsWe are very lucky to have Pittsburgher and Propel-Braddock Hills charter school Principal Joe Oliphant joining us to discuss his use of Gigapan technology in k-12 education.Mr Oliphant has been a classroom teacher for seven years in various grade levels. He was the Director of Technology Integration for two years before moving to his current position as a Principal. As a member of the Gigapan kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-52222205381807753352010-10-07T16:59:00.004-04:002010-10-07T17:06:59.871-04:00GigaPanning GeologyJust another one of our amazing workshops to be presented this November as part of the Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging for Science. Ron Schott of Fort Hays State University will present. Ron is one of the original pilot scientists in the Fine Outreach for Science Fellows program and has worked hard to push the limits of GigaPanning since the fall of 2007, particularly as kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-41242893871045661732010-10-05T15:51:00.003-04:002010-10-05T16:03:38.752-04:00Mary Nichols takes on BuffelgrassFine Gigapixel conference committee member Mary Nichols, USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, has been using the GigaPan to document Buffelgrass. Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) is a non-native grass that threatens the Sonoran Desert ecosystem because it out competes native plants for water and nutrients and it presents a fire hazard in an ecosystem that is not fire adapted. The use ofkimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-65559903089424421992010-09-29T14:07:00.000-04:002010-09-29T14:07:06.544-04:00Science Like You’ve Never Seen It Before...Fine International Conference on GigaPixel Imaging for Science
Join us in Pittsburgh November 11-13 for an inspiring new conference regarding the future of imaging for science communication, discovery and documentation. Whether you’re a middle school science teacher, an environmental photojournalist or a Ph.D. physicist, learn how gigapixel imaging is redefining visualization and public Fine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-25039361824775792072010-09-28T17:14:00.006-04:002010-09-28T17:38:02.347-04:00We're super excited for this panel at the Gigapixel ConferenceOn November 12th, we're going to have a super cool panel on micro/macro&nano Gigapixel images.This panel explores how the application of gigapixel imaging technology can meet these research needs and allow for new discoveries in the microscopic realm. Participants will discuss the design and implementation of a few different instrumental adaptations that enable automatic mosaic capture of kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-64620430421153650212010-09-28T16:37:00.003-04:002010-09-30T10:57:53.358-04:00Gigapixel images @ the Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryEight giant images have been selected by a jury for the Fine International Conference on Gigapixel Imaging and will be unveiled at a gallery opening on Friday, November 11th. The prints will be up to four feet high and 17 feet wide, encompassing nearly 4 billion pixels (enough to cover 10 billboards at standard resolution). These dramatic works of art and science will be on display at the kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-51208840383022392972010-09-27T11:05:00.001-04:002010-09-27T11:09:19.026-04:00GigaPan: Democratizing information and bolstering bioliteracy
Fine Fellow Alex Smith wrote a fantastic article about his experience with gigapan for the quarterly newsletter of the International Barcode for Live Project.
Alex concludes, "There are many parallels between the GigaPan and DNA barcoding as complementary forces for democratizing information and bolstering bioliteracy. Both are publicly accessible, both will be annotated through time by a Fine Outreach for Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12335341701229229906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-43675142439363901792010-09-21T15:45:00.006-04:002010-09-28T15:13:15.002-04:00Fine Fellow Callan Bentley @ Smithsonian.comForget the museum for geological history, all you need to do is join Callan Bentley, of Northern Virginia Community College, for a tour. Check out the write-up, "Finding Fossils Where you Don't Expect Them" at Smithsonian.com.
Congratulations, Callan.kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-40895246856466147832010-09-21T14:25:00.001-04:002010-09-21T14:27:41.099-04:00xRez+workshop=just one awesome part of the Fine Gigapixel ConferenceThe first ever Gigapixel workshop will include some very fascinating workshops by some very amazing people. xRez Studio, headed by Eric Hansen and Greg Downing, is a creative imaging studio pioneering new methods to capture and convey natural, urban, and imagined landscapes, striving to educate, illuminate, and persuade. Eric Hansen, CEO, is also an Associate Professor at the USC School of kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-54343933412483025262010-09-13T15:58:00.001-04:002010-09-13T15:59:46.321-04:00Last day for early registration$200 for three amazing days of Gigapixel Imaging -- you've still got time for early registration. Keynote speakers from National Geographic, Google and NASA. Don't miss this groundbreaking event. www.gigapixelscience.orgkimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-31863657219349249092010-09-13T15:39:00.007-04:002010-09-13T15:57:25.759-04:00Fine Fellow Profile: Pascal LeeMJ noticed this weekend the Dr. Pascal Lee, a Fine Fellow, planetary scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA, the Principal Investigator of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) and co-founder and chairman of the Mars Institute, posted some cool photos from the Arctic.The Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) isn an international interdisciplinary field research project centered on the kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-19652909843035633472010-09-10T14:32:00.007-04:002010-09-10T15:12:44.331-04:00Profiled: 2009 Fine Fellow Christopher HoadleyChristopher Hoadley, Associate Professor of Educational Technology at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development is also the Director of dolcelab, the Laboratory for Design Of Learning, Collaboration & Experience. Prior to this appointment, Chris held a joint appointment at Penn State University between the College of Education's Learning and Performance Systems kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-60495435068829008302010-09-08T10:36:00.005-04:002010-09-08T11:04:28.303-04:00A few Fine FellowsThis year, we welcome 26 new Fine Fellows to Pittsburgh. This will be the fourth class of fellows, who will receive a GigaPan, training on how to use the equipment and our special Gigapan Stitching software. This incredible program is supported by the Fine Foundation and brings scientists and researchers from all over the world together, requesting only that they use the GigaPan in their researchkimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-61054108987867936512010-09-08T10:18:00.005-04:002010-09-08T10:35:58.760-04:00Gigapixel advanced registration - September 13 deadlineWith Labor Day just behind us, we are squarely set into fall. Which means that the FIRST Fine International Gigapixel Conference is coming soon! November 11th, to be precise. So while many of you are leaving behind fond summer memories and kicking off new semesters, don't forget to take advantage of the early registration rate of $200, with the rate rising to $250 after Monday, September 13th. kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-17353603259046273822010-09-03T12:45:00.002-04:002010-09-03T13:09:54.854-04:00New Fine FellowsWe can't wait to meet our new class of Fine Fellows to arrive on November 10th. With a no-strings-attached approach, participants in this program have the freedom to discover new and useful ways to use GigaPan technology that those outside their field might never consider. We will equip and train renowned leaders in a variety of fields to use the GigaPan system. These scientists will then be kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-88991765972126803982010-09-02T09:19:00.004-04:002010-09-02T09:32:59.633-04:00Fine Fellow Lisa McKeon, USGS NOROCKThis summer, we've been noticing a lot of awesome GigaPan images of Glacier National Park, taken by Fine Fellow Lisa McKeon. McKeon, a physical scientist at the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) specializes in repeat photography, graphics, and data management. She has witnessed Glacier National Park's glaciers recede and is involved in deciphering how mountain ecosystems respond tokimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122729957261061240.post-78617297450690356202010-09-01T11:33:00.002-04:002010-09-01T11:34:29.751-04:00TwitterFollow-us, tweet with us, and let us retweet your tweets! It's a win-win scenario. http://twitter.com/FOFSgigapankimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15845687711426424671noreply@blogger.com0