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- noun A
unit ofgraphic resolution equivalent to 109pixels , or 1 billion pixels.
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On top of the 1,000+ other images, each of the 17 museums selected one artwork to be photographed in extraordinary detail using super high resolution or 'gigapixel' photo-capturing technology.
Google Art Project Aims To Redefine Museum Experience--But Has Some Rough Edges The Huffington Post 2011
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The Freer has allowed a popular work by James McNeill Whistler, "The Princess From the Land of Porcelain," to be digitized through the "gigapixel" process, which stitches together multiple high-resolution images.
National Treasures: Google Art Project unlocks riches of world's galleries Philip Kennicott 2011
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The Freer has allowed a popular work by James McNeill Whistler, "The Princess From the Land of Porcelain," to be digitized through the "gigapixel" process, which stitches together multiple high-resolution images.
National Treasures: Google Art Project unlocks riches of world's galleries Philip Kennicott 2011
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The Freer has allowed a popular work by James McNeill Whistler, "The Princess from the Land of Porcelain," to be digitized through the "gigapixel" process, which stitches together multiple high-resolution images.
Google Art Project: 'Street view' technology added to museums Philip Kennicott 2011
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On top of the 1,000+ other images, each of the 17 museums selected one artwork to be photographed in extraordinary detail using super high resolution or 'gigapixel' photo-capturing technology.
Google Art Project Aims To Redefine Museum Experience--But Has Some Rough Edges The Huffington Post 2011
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They have some really cool "gigapixel" panoramas, e.g. from Norway.
Puh. magnio 2006
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Each of the 17 museums also selected one artwork to be photographed in ultra-high resolution 'gigapixel' photo capturing technology which will allow viewers to see brushwork and patina invisible to the naked eye.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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In addition, each institution has nominated a single piece as a "Gigapixel Artwork", which Google has photographed "using super high resolution or 'gigapixel' photo capturing technology".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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As well as 17 paintings selected for "gigapixel" treatment, the museums made available images of 1,000 more works, allowing people to study them in detail using a custom built zoom viewer.
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Each of the 17 museums also selected one artwork to be photographed in ultra-high resolution 'gigapixel' photo capturing technology which will allow viewers to see brushwork and patina invisible to the naked eye.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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