Mission Statement
Photo Surveyor's mission is to provide the best possible Virtual Tour and traditional
photographic services and products in an accurate timely manner while
adhering to the ancient idea of behaving in a way one would like to be treated.
While this is a business and we are in existence to participate in the capitalistic
endeavor, our basic guides are the ideas of excellence, integrity, and service.
Legal Statement
The images, logos, design and other pieces and parts of this web site
are the creation and property of Photo Surveyor and are protected
by United States
Copyright Laws. Nothing in part or whole may
be copied or reproduced in anyway without permission. Email us at
permissions @ photosurveyor.com
Technology
Photo Surveyor uses the latest in digital capture technologies and state
of the art panoramic equipment to produce immersive imaging. Along
side this advanced capture equipment is an array of computers
and hosting technologies that makes viewing our images possible. The
original Java viewer and stitching technology used to show and assemble
these photographs was produced by Helmut Dersch's PanoTools - http://tinyurl.com/wfnxq and
its distribution is protected by the 1st Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States and the GNU General Public License. For more information,
please visit this link:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Some other important tools used to create and display these images include:
Joost Nieuwenhuijse's PTGui - http://www.ptgui.com
Thomas Rauscher's Pano2Qtvr - http://www.pano2qtvr.com
Denis V. Chumakov's Flash Panorama Player - http://flashpanoramas.com/
Photomatix Pro - http://www.hdrsoft.com
Apple's QuickTime - http://www.apple.com/quicktime
Sun Microsystem's Java - http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp
Adobe's Flash Player- http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer
About Us
Photo Surveyor is a Colorado company based in the valley town of Golden.
Since beginning to produce interactive 360 Virtual Tours in 2001,
Photo Surveyor has produced interactive imagery from the backyard to around the continent.
As a member of the International Virtual Reality Photographers Association,
Photo Surveyor continues to stay on the edge of these emerging technologies through constant production,
practice and experimentation with new and established techniques.
To learn more about this one-man operation, visit this page:
Acknowledgments
Photo Surveyor would like to thank the thousands of developers and panorama enthusiasts
across the world who more than willing share their skills and knowledge of
this art. Without their generosity, this site would not be possible. And of
course, a special thanks to Mr. Dersch and his Panotools software. To learn more about Helmut's software and this vibrant community read the Wiki:
And join the PanotoolsNG mailing list at Yahoo:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/
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