An explanation of the LRV, THM and WAV files that are generated when you shoot GoPro videos.
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What are GoPro LRV, THM and WAV Files?
Guides November 12, 2021
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The Legalities of Publishing Photographs for Street View in a Public Place
Guides November 05, 2021
A general guide to the legal considerations when capturing outdoor virtual tours.
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My Favourite Talks from State of the Map 2021
Guides October 28, 2021
3D rendering, long distance hiking trails, biking maps, building detection, Irish heritage, and photos of entrances.
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How to Add a Custom Nadir to a 360 Photo Programmatically
Guides October 22, 2021
Automate the process of adding a custom branded nadir to all your equirectangular photos using Python and Imagemagick.
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Lessons learned when geotagging timelapse photos and video frames
Guides October 15, 2021
Exiftool is a powerful bit of software for geotagging photos, understanding how the process works will save you a few headaches.
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Using trigonometry to calculate how north, east, and vertical velocity
Guides October 08, 2021
Speed = distance / time. But what about speed along the x (east, west), y (north, south), z (altitude) axes?
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 4)
Guides October 01, 2021
In the final part of this series, I convert a GoPro EAC projected frame into an equirectangular projection to be displayed in other software.
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 3)
Developers September 24, 2021
I continue taking apart a .360 file, and trying to rebuild it with a equirectangular projection (without GoPro software).
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 2)
Developers September 17, 2021
Taking apart a .360 file to reveal its contents to try and understand how it can be processed (without GoPro software).
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 1)
Developers September 10, 2021
A deeper look into GoPro’s proprietary .360 video format (with the aim of reducing our reliance on GoPro’s software).