PanoMachine Panorama Calculator Operators Manual
Copyright by Josef Ehrler
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4.2 Spherical-Panorama
The spherical panorama should be photographed with a Canon 10D SRL camera. In
the database the active camera parameters on line no. 1, such as sensor size and so
on are correctly set. The focal length
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used for this example is a 24mm lens. This
value has to be typed into the Spherical panorama calculators input mask
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. The
minimum (H/V) overlap should be 25% each
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. The dead angle in the database is
defined with 18%.
As described earlier the panorama calculator provides three modes
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to calculate ver-
tical numbers of rows and overlaps:
- Calculation for fix step sizes
- Optimize Zenith/Nadir
- Take into account dead angle
Note: For the first calculation it is advised to use the mode “Calculation for fix step
sizes”
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.
After entering the input parameters, the Panorama Calculator calculates automatically
all relevant panorama parameters
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. The predefined overlaps are guaranteed. For
a first calculation just check the camera model is correctly set
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, entering the focal
length
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of the lens and let the default overlaps "Min. Overlap Columns(H)" and "Min.
Overlap Rows (V)"
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as they are.
The Spherical Panorama Calculator determinates the following panorama parameter
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:
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Number of images "No. of Pic " in each single row.
These values should be en-
tered into the PanoMachine for each single row
.
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"Overlap [%] (H) for each row
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"Step size [°] (H)" for each single row
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"Overlap in the horizontal plain"
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"Total no. of images in rows" (excl. Nadir and Zenith image)
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Angle of View (H) of a single image "1 Pic (H)"
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Number of images (V) in "Outputs Vertical"
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Elevation values for each single row in [°] in "Outputs Vertical"
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Overlaps between rows (P/P [%]) in "Outputs Vertical"
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Overlaps in Nadir/Zenith (P/L [%] in "Outputs Vertical"
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Angle of View (V) of a single image "1 Pic (V)" in "Outputs Vertical"
For a full spherical panorama program the PanoMachine as documented in the Opera-
tor's Manual of the chapter 2.1 - PANO360° mode on page 5.
