360x180 degree Panoramic pictures

360 degree is horizontally all around.
180 degree is vertically all round, which means that it is a complete sphere of vision.

Step 1:
We need to take overlapping pictures from exactly the same point. Minimum overlap is 10%.

The more we deviate, the less perfect the panoramic pictures are. Most of my pictures are not perfect because I use normal tripod and just rotate them horizontally and vertically.

The results are not good but are acceptable for most uses.


Step 2:

Use software to join all the pictures together. The best, and the one that I use the most is the freeware, autostich.

Step 3:

You can only edit the pictures using 2D graphic editors or pteditor from Helmut Dersch.

Step 3:

The pictures are best viewed using panoramic viewers such as the ptviewer also from Helmut Dersch.

Helmut Dersch provides not only these tools, but also their source codes, all written in Java, so that we can embed them in our web pages.