# Awesome Panorama from 1WTC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036 "2014-03-06T19:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/1 "2014-03-06T19:04:07Z")
The kids at [Gigapan](http://www.gigapan.com/)have done it again… [A short “making of” video is here,](http://reframe.gizmodo.com/how-a-take-a-panorama-from-the-tallest-building-in-the-1537797754/@barrett) and there’s a link on the page to [Time’s website](http://time.com/world-trade-center/) where you can see and interact with the panoramic image. I climb towers to replace antennas on occasion, but my hat is off to these guys for getting to the top and making this happen. This was not easy for “regular” guys to pull off. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/2 "2014-03-07T08:27:07Z")
Gee, NYC sure has changed since my last visit there. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/3 "2014-03-07T10:35:11Z")
I thought you sold travel? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/4 "2014-03-07T10:37:14Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Gee, NYC sure has changed since my last visit there. Yeah, looks almost _French_. Edit: when I clicked the link I got Marseille. This time I got Kavala in Greece. You get a random pano on the homepage. I can’t even find the WTC pano using the search function. Can we get a link? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/5 "2014-03-07T12:16:23Z")
[And were 300lb?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16697687&postcount=24) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/6 "2014-03-07T13:22:40Z")
One thing that strikes me is that there is so much red in that shot. I’ve always thought of NYC as pretty much gray but this is probably from seeing it so often in older pictures that are either black and white or have faded colors. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/7 "2014-03-07T15:43:34Z")
OK, I completely missed the _Time_ link. That is a cool pic. I just found the hotel where I stayed on my honeymoon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/8 "2014-03-07T16:20:46Z")
I thought you were a retired cop and now a security guard. Who is letting you climg towers? That’s a pretty dangerous job for unexperienced people. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/9 "2014-03-07T17:11:06Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Yeah, looks almost _French_. > Edit: when I clicked the link I got Marseille. This time I got Kavala in Greece. You get a random pano on the homepage. > > I can’t even find the WTC pano using the search function. Can we get a link? How do you know what city it is? Like, do you just know because you’re super-cool and can recognize Kavala, Greece by the skyline or is it listed somewhere and I’m just not seeing it? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/10 "2014-03-07T17:55:57Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > How do you know what city it is? Like, do you just know because you’re super-cool and can recognize Kavala, Greece by the skyline or is it listed somewhere and I’m just not seeing it? In the grey bar under the pano. E.g. I just clicked and it says: > [@](#): > > See additional European Cityscapes gigapans, or learn more about this [Istanbul from Pierre Loti | by Karim Saad](http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/86587), by ks | Darkroom ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/11 "2014-03-07T19:03:08Z")
I’d think tactical pants wouldn’t be great for climbing towers. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/12 "2014-03-07T19:58:28Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I’d think tactical pants wouldn’t be great for climbing towers. You’d be done in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/13 "2014-03-07T20:21:06Z")
OK, I’m dumb. where do we click to interact with the panorama? Is there a direct link that just takes me to the shot? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/14 "2014-03-08T00:42:50Z")
Its a pretty picture when you slow down how it pans. You can’t see w/i 20 degrees of my house, however as the building is in the way, but those folks in Queens, Brooklyn. Staten Island, and Long Island will be very pleased with themselves. (…I mean more so…) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/15 "2014-03-08T20:39:47Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > You’d be done in no time. That’s it. You’re done in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/16 "2014-03-08T20:43:49Z")
I’m impressed. It’s like having one of those CSI “enhance” buttons that actually works. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/17 "2014-03-08T22:49:30Z")
At one point I accidentally got it spinning and it almost made me dizzy! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/18 "2014-03-09T18:48:04Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Its a pretty picture when you slow down how it pans. You can’t see w/i 20 degrees of my house, however as the building is in the way, but those folks in Queens, Brooklyn. Staten Island, and Long Island will be very pleased with themselves. Peter… Peter! Peter, come closer. I can see your house from here. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-panorama-from-1wtc/683036/19 "2014-03-16T03:12:58Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > I thought you sold travel? I owned travel agencies for many years. I sold the last one in 1996. > [@Penfeather](#): > > [And were 300lb?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16697687&postcount=24) I still am, sadly. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I thought you were a retired cop and now a security guard. Who is letting you climg towers? That’s a pretty dangerous job for unexperienced people. I’m retired. Owned a security company for a while, though. Having one job does not exclude a person from having hobbies or other jobs. Two of my hobbies are rock climbing and amateur radio. On occasion, the local repeater antennas need repair or replacement. Not being afraid of heights is an advantage, so I volunteer whenever a climb is needed. Been doing since 1980, so I’m not sure how much more experience you think I need. As always, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, perhaps you should refrain from making smart-ass comments.