David Bergman took this 1,474-Megapixel Pic of Obama’s Inauguration. You can zoom in and out. Particularly interesting is the seating order on stage. Check out the expressions of Bush and Cheney, Bill and Hillary, and Al Gore.
The pictures uses technology from Gigapan which stitches together many different photos. CNN also uses Photosynth to generate this “picture” of the Inauguration. It’s a collection of hundreds of pictures from people who took their own pictures during the event and uploaded them to the Net.
Today, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. The ceremony was held in front of thousands of people who had flooded into DC to witness the event. This CNN link shows an interactive satellite picture of the crowds on the National Mall. As Obama was being sworn in the White House web site transitioned to the 44th President at whitehouse.gov — ask me some time how that was accomplished, it’s an interesting story. At the same time millions of people were watching the event Online, with web sites from CNN to CSPAN to FoxNews webcasting the event, many using the delivery services of my employer.
