r/Panoramax

I've seen this model being recommended as the best choice as recent as a year ago. However, when I went to compare cameras online it seemed to me that similarly priced competitors from Insta360 and DJI vastly outperform GoPro in terms of megapixels (72/120 vs. 29) and image resolution when taking still photos (5952/7760 rows vs. 2752v1/3840v2). GoPro seems to have an advantage when it comes to high-FPS action video, but that's not what is valueable for this project.

I know GoPro (at least the first model) has a GPS module, but is it really better in resolution than whatever data comes from the smartphone?

Are there other reasons to prefer GoPro? Maybe better anti-distortion measures?

Hi!

I'm interested in virtual tourism. I got into VR back in 2016 with the hope of using it to wander virtual streets in faraway places, and while there is some truly great content out there, sadly, the vast bulk of it isn't nearly the resolution to really make you feel like you're there.

I decided I'd learn to create the type of content I wanted to see, and started stitching ulta-high resolution (currently 100,000x50,000px and 60,000x30,000px) panorama photospheres in PTGui. My goal is to replicate human vision standing in that place, so that people far away, or 100 years from now, can feel like they're standing in these places today. I just do this around where I live, and I'm decidedly amateur at it (the photos and stitching are decidedly imperfect, as this is just a hobby).

The problem I have is - what to do with the output?

I was self-hosting, but took down my website when I de-Googled, as nobody really visited it anyway. I don't really want to manage the hosting/platform myself again - and I would prefer to donate my content, but to the commons, and not some for-profit corporation (Google/Meta).

From looking around, Panoramax and OSM is definitely the type of organization/platform I'd like to contribute to, and one of the few that would have any clue what I'm even talking about, or come close to having the ability to display an equirectangular pano of any size.

But Panoramax (or MapComplete) also doesn't really seem to support high quality virtual tourism as a use-case either?

I'd like to share my work somewhere, and currently, when I die, it will just go to the landfill on my hard drive, and that seems kinda sad. I was hoping people here might have some suggestions?

Thanks!