Post date: Dec 07, 2015 11:19:55 PM
With less than 2 weeks left, we've finished up our field work and are focusing solely on publicizing our data. It means that we have a lot of organizing left to do, but the good news is that nearly all of our application enhancements have been completed.
Here is a quick comparison between the old interface and the new one:
While the old interface had a nice way of viewing panoramas, all of the panorama views were stored locally on the server itself instead of using separate network storage. Additionally, each view was hand written in a separate document and then compiled into an iframe when the bell towers were opened which had the view premade. The API used to generate the panoramas also required that every panorama be a complete 360 degree sphere, which meant the landscape panoramas had to be cropped into a larger template of grey to display properly. Again, this was hand completed on the server.
The new approach relies on links saved within the bell tower data structures themselves. So as long as the data is uploaded to the CK Console, it will be properly displayed through this application.