please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message a 2008 beta gigapan unit with a camera gigapan systems is a global privately held technology company that provides the hardware software and services to create and share high resolution interactive gigapixel panoramic images . the company is headquartered in portland oregon . contents 1 history 2 technology 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit gigapan systems was founded in 2008 as a collaborative project between carnegie mellon university and nasa s ames research center with support from google . the original gigapan robotic hardware and related software were devised for nasa s mars spirit and opportunity rovers to capture high definition panoramas of mars . the development team was led by randy sargent a senior systems scientist at carnegie mellon west and the nasa ames research center in moffett field calif. and illah nourbakhsh associate professor of robotics at carnegie mellon in pittsburgh . the project has since grown into an independent company offering solutions for capturing gigapixel images . technology edit gigapan systems combines high definition images and panoramas with sharing tagging and zooming capabilities . the company offers a solution for shooting viewing and exploring high resolution gigapixel images in a single system . the gigapan system includes robotic camera mounts the epic series of robotic camera mounts can capture hd gigapixel photos using almost any digital camera . by setting the upper left and lower right corners of the panorama desired the epic works out how many photos the camera will need to take and then automatically organizes them into rows or columns . gigapan stitch software gigapan s image stitching technology automatically combines the hundreds or thousands of images taken with a digital camera using the gigapan epic series into a single image . the software is available for both mac and windows . gigapan viewer lets people view images on gigapan.com or on a third party website using the gigapan free standalone viewer application . gigatag allows users to share photos and tag themselves on facebook within the gigapixel images see also edit gigapixel image high resolution high definition panorama panorama photography references edit external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to gigapan . wikimedia commons has media related to created with gigapan . official website how it s done national geographic space panoramas retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gigapan & oldid 740332982 categories ames research centercarnegie mellon universityphotography equipmentpanorama photographyrobotics projectshidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2016all articles lacking sourcescommons category with local link same as on wikidatacommons category with local link different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 11 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view