Explore and Share at Gigapan.org

Enjoy thousands of brilliant gigapixel panoramas from around the world. Share, discuss, snapshot and more.

5.1 View and Share

At GigaPan.com, you can:

• Explore thousands of GigaPans from around the world, take snapshots, comment and share.
• Discover amazing ways GigaPans are being used to communicate, promote, document and provide an amazing new vision.
• Learn how to create your own GigaPans, groups and galleries.

5.2 Embed your panorama

You can easily embed your panoramas on another website with all the functionality of the GigaPan Viewer to pan and zoom.

1. Log-in to GigaPan.com, and select ´My Home´ to view your panoramas.
2. Choose a panorama, and click on the ´Embed´ link below it to access the Embedding Wizard.
3. The Embedding Wizard provides a list of customizable features that will automatically generate the appropriate HTML code for embedding a panorama.
4. First, select an initial view. Select ´Entire Panorama´ option to embed your entire panorama just as it appears on GigaPan.com.
5. Or, select ´A Specific Snapshot´ to have the embedded panorama load pre-zoomed to a snapshot of your choice. If you select ´A Specific Snapshot´, click on the desired snapshot and its ID number will appear above its title and description. Enter the ID number in the text field.
6. To include additional snapshots in your embedded panorama, simply click on the desired snapshot and its ID number will appear above its title and description. Enter the snapshot ID number in the text field.
7. If you choose to include multiple snapshots, separate each ID number with a comma. (Note: the order in which you enter the snapshots will be the order that they will appear in your embedded panorama, and can be ordered however you´d like.)
8. You can include up to ten snapshots in your embedded panorama.
9. Once you´ve used the Embedding Wizard to customize your embedded panorama, click ´Generate HTML´. Copy the HTML code paste into your website. To preview your embedded panorama, click ´View Now´.
10. Additional options for embedding your panorama:
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    You can choose to hide the navigation controls affixed inside the viewer (Note: a user can still navigate the panorama using keyboard controls).
    – You can also choose to have your panorama´s title (in white text on a blue background from GigaPan.com) displayed above the GigaPan Viewer. The title also serves as a link to your panorama´s URL on GigaPan.com. If you choose not to display the title, the ´GigaPan´ watermark is also a link to GigaPan.com.

To embed a panorama owned by someone else, please contact the author for permission and a copy of the embed code. Click on the author´s name to view his or her profile, and select ´Send a message´.

5.3 Place your panorama on Google Earth

Share your panoramas with the world in Google Earth. There is a GigaPan layer where you can explore GigaPan panoramas from around the world. Recording your panorama´s location using GPS will make it easier. You´ll need Google Earth 4.2 or higher to share your panoramas. You can download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com.

1. Log into GigaPan.com and go to My Home.
2. For the panorama you want to place on Google Earth, click on Place this Panorama in Google Earth. You will be prompted to download a file called gigapan_placement.kml. (Some browsers will download this file automatically)
   
3. Save gigapan_placement.kml to your hard disk.
4. Open gigapan_placement.kml in Google Earth. You will most likely see your GigaPan hover in mid-air.
   
5. Leave Google Earth open, and go back to your browser window.
6. Choose Share this Gigapan with others using Google Earth.
7. There are three ways for you to specify the location of your panorama:
   a. If you recorded your coordinates using a GPS receiver, enter them in the text boxes below the map.
   b. If you know the address that you took the panorama from, click on the Have an address? link, enter the address in the text box, and choose Go there.
   c. If you have neither GPS co-ordinates nor and address, click and drag the map till the crosshairs are directly above the spot you took your photo from. Use the + and – buttons to zoom in and out of the map respectively.
   
   If you switch back to Google Earth, you´ll see that these changes are made immediately
   
8. In Google Earth, double-click on your panorama to enter it.
   
9. In your browser window, drag the Elevation slider to the left to bring the panorama closer to the ground. Use Google Earth to judge your accuracy. Note: Google Earth doesn´t accept zero as a value for elevation.
10. Drag the Heading slider to change the orientation of the panorama. For accurate results, try to match elements in your panorama with corresponding elements on the ground in Google Earth.
    
11. If your panorama still doesn´t look right, click on advanced placement options.
12. Drag the Image plane slider to bring the panorama closer to the camera.
13. Drag the Image floor slider to match the horizon in the panorama with the horizon in Google Earth.
14. If you took your panorama at an angle, use the Camera tilt and Camera roll sliders to rotate the panorama.
15. Tweak these settings till you´re satisfied.
16. When you´re done, click on Save Changes.
17. To exit your panorama in Google Earth, click on Exit Photo.