More Pretty Panoramas

It's not secret that we love panoramic imagery of NYC-- and one of our favorite sources has long been Urban75. Their NYC panorama page has dozens of 360-degree images of the city-- and the November 2005 update added at least a dozen more. Some of the new ones: Orchard Street (seen above), Mercer Street, Battery Park, Ellis Island, Grand Central, East River, Williamsburg Bridge. Awesome!

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By Jake Dobkin in Arts and Events on February 17, 2006 2:42 PM

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Brightliner

Awesome? Not quite. Dinky, lo-res Java panoramas are nearly worthless. You can't see much detail in them and they're much too small to give a sense of immersion. Contrast the World Wide Panoramas site you linked to in your earlier story or Panoramas.dk, both with huge, gorgeous, hi-res, fullscreen QTVR panoramas. Heck, Dizzycity.com had Ipix panos that looked better than this.