Gigapan robotic panhead at Sears Point, Arizona.

Array of images in the stitcher software. Most gigapans use larger arrays. See the gigapan at http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/149367/

Bob having fun setting up a gigapan in dark zone of a cave in the Dominican Republic, using strobe illumination.

For information about the hardware and software, download  GigaPan panoramas for rock art panel documentation: a practical guide  (PDF). See the gigapan at http://science.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology/gigapan/sanabe/.

 

Links to other gigapans of rock art panels

 

RCS: Computer science in the service of rock art research, protection, and education.