A deeper look into GoPro’s proprietary .360 video format (with the aim of reducing our reliance on GoPro’s software).
Blog
The latest from the Trek View team.
Guides | Updates | Treks | Developers | Products | ExPODition
-
Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 1)
Developers September 10, 2021
-
A deeper look at 360 video projections
Guides September 03, 2021
Equirectangular, non-equalangle cubemap, equi-angular cubemap, pyramid…
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
An Introduction to KartaView
Guides July 23, 2021
Formerly named OpenStreetView and then OpenStreetCam, KartaView is a completely open-source street-level image platform.
-
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’ll need to make to our software as a result.
-
Upload a Video to the Street View Publish API
Developers July 09, 2021
All third-party Street View tools are built around the Google Street View Publish API. Here’s a closer look at how it works for uploading long sequences.