PanoTools NG:
Re: Use of (central) cylindrical projection?
dmgalpha 2007-Mar-07 12:09:54
--- In #removed#, "Serge Maandag (yahoo)"
<yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> > I am curious, does anybody use central cylindrical projection? I know
> > it is one of the oldest projections in panotools, but I can't think of
> > a good reason why it exists. Perhaps I am missing something.
>
> For partial panoramas with a big horizontal FoV, I choose between
> equirectangular and cylindrical, based on the how the image looks best.
> Not very scientific, but that's not my goal in those cases. Especially
> with landscape shots you can play with the height of mountains without
> compromising the credibility of the scene.
>
Thanks Serge,
Any particular reason why you don't use Mercator also?
dmg
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