SMILE, Stadiums Are Photographing Everyone

Portion of the Stadium

Next time you enter an event or stadium, make sure your hair is perfectly arranged and your clothes are nice and neat.  There is a new technology crisscrossing the earth known as Gigapan.  In 20 minutes, a photographer can take thousands of group shots which are fed into the Gigapan system.  Gigapan software stitches the multiple images together into one seamless, nearly HD quality photograph.  By zooming in on the photograph, everyone in a 120,000 seat stadium can be individually brought into focus.  So, do not misbehave when you visit sporting events, music concerts, and other large crowd venues - you may be caught on camera.

ZOOMING IN ON FAR RIGHT OF PHOTO

Click on this link to see a 100,000 seat soccer stadium photographed with Gigapan.  Then, using its zoom feature, zoom in on individuals inside the stadium.  It's kind of Orwellian.  I'm sure the TSA will like this technology.

Click here to test Gigapan Soccer Stadium Photograph

ZOOMED IN TO SEE FACES