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 2)
Developers September 17, 2021
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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).
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A deeper look at 360 video projections
Guides September 03, 2021
Equirectangular, non-equalangle cubemap, equi-angular cubemap, pyramid…
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How to read decimal latitude and longitude values like a computer
Developers August 27, 2021
We are often reliant on GPS co-ordinates being delivered to our devices for locating places. With a little practice it’s not hard to read a decimal latitude and longitude value to determine a rough position.
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An Introduction to the Camera Motion Metadata (CAMM) standard (video telemetry)
Developers August 20, 2021
With the help of a 360 video shot using an Insta360 Pro2, I take a look at Google’s CAMM video telemetry standard.
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How to Create a 360 Video from a Timelapse of 360 Images (using ffmpeg)
Developers August 13, 2021
A lesson, mostly, in wrangling metadata to ensure proper playback of 360 videos created from a series of photos.
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What are XMP Namespaces?
Developers August 06, 2021
Adobe’s eXtensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a labeling technology that allows you to embed data about a file, known as metadata, into the file itself.
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A Quick Start Guide to the KartaView API
Developers July 30, 2021
Here are my notes about the KartaView API from my research planning an integration for Map the Paths.
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An Introduction to KartaView
Guides July 23, 2021
Formerly named OpenStreetView and then OpenStreetCam, KartaView is a completely open-source street-level image platform.
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Migrating from version 3 to version 4 of the Mapillary API
Developers July 16, 2021
The Mapillary v3 API is being shutdown on August 18. Here’s a summary of the updates we’re making to Map the Paths to support the changes.