Cool data work

[mindstalk]

From fanw: http://www.crazyleafdesign.com/blog/photosynth-prototype/

Actually two parts, seemingly unrelated. One is indefinite zoom data display, and the second half is the seed for a photographic Netwide groupmmind, at least groupmemory: a reconstruction of Notre Dame from random photographs, with potential for picking up annotation.

Even if I'd been a better grad student that I've been, I'd probably still feel inadequate. Obscure hard to explain AI model vs. practical Awesome.

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[fanw.livejournal.com]

One of the friends I talked to had a good point. Notre Dame is a perfect starting point because a) it's photographed a lot and b) it has sharp angles and hundreds of unique points to match to. Pictures of other buildings and ruins would work well, but seasonal pictures of landscapes may not so much.

In any case, it's rather brilliant!