Drone & capture
Street View: what Google closed, and what it left open
The app went in 2023, the photographer programme in 2024, the publishing interface stayed. What those three dates change for anyone selling 360 capture.
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Drone & capture
Shooting technique, gear, regulation and the business of selling the job. Written for the professional drone pilots who fly the sites and invoice the work.
Drone & captureHow sharp does a virtual tour need to be?
Megapixels say nothing about the sharpness of a 360 panorama. The only metric that counts is angular density, in pixels per degree.
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Drone & captureThe nadir logo, and the real zenith problem in drone work
On the ground, the hole in a 360 panorama is under your feet and a logo covers it. On a drone it is above your head, and no logo fills that.
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A place worth showing from above?
The free plan is enough to publish a first tour and show it around.