Flickr

Publishing panoramas and panospheres

In this series of web pages, I have documented the process which I currently use to create 360x180 degree panoramas and panospheres (mini planets). This page explains how I publish my panoramas and panospheres on Flickr and why I like using this photo-sharing web site. I also use 360cities.net for publishing my panoramas and explain why I like that service on my previous page.

Publishing in Flickr

All of my published panospheres and tubes are on my Flickr stream along with most of my 360x180 degree panoramas. Although Flickr does not provide an interactive viewer for panoramas, it is possible to insert a link to another service, such as fieldofview.com and www.360cities.net.

I like to publish on Flickr, because it places all of my published photographs in one place. I also receive regular feedback from other Flickr users and finally, I feel that I am part of a conversation, as I have benefited from interacting with other Flickr users and participating in specialist groups.

Flickr is a free service, with limited uploads and a maximum of 200 images visible from a photostream. For unlimited uploads, access to the original image files online and more than 200 photos visible, it is necessary to upgrade to a Pro account.

Between June and the end of October, I have published 17 equirectangular 360x180 degree panoramas and 16 panospheres on Flickr.

Click on the following image to display it in the interactive viewer from fieldofview.com.

I put the code for linking to the fieldofview.com and 360cities.net viewers in my description in Flickr. An example for the Glendurgan panorama, the description contains the following text:

Click here to view the equirectangular panorama in an interactive viewer from fieldofview.com or here to view it in www.360cities.net.

If you want a blow-by-blow account of how this panorama was created, click here.

The corresponding HTML snippet to add the links can just be entered straight into the description field on the photograph, although you need to be in edit mode to be able to copy and paste the code:

Click <a href="http://fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=photos/wmvanstone/8132411223/in/photostream" rel="nofollow">here</a> to view the equirectangular panorama in an interactive viewer from <a href="http://fieldofview.com/" rel="nofollow">fieldofview.com</a> or <a href="http://www.360cities.net/image/glendurgan-panorama?override_cache=true#136.00,11.40,70.0" rel="nofollow">here</a> to view it in <a href="http://www.360cities.net" rel="nofollow">www.360cities.net</a><br>If you want a blow-by-blow account of how this panorama was created, click <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/carpebble/home/360x180-panoramas" rel="nofollow">here</a>.

This is the last page of my description of how I create 360x180 degree equirectangular panoramas and panospheres (mini planets). I hope you have found this useful. You may want to check out the other links in the sidebar or below, to review the whole process or possibly return to my home page.