Comments? Questions? Bug reports? Contact me at: cedric@dejacquelot.com
Description:
Image Browser was designed to allow "browsing"
though a huge image (defined here as "several time your screen resolution")
without the huge amount of RAM this usualy requires.
It works by first dividing the picture in a lot of smaller files and by precalculating
different zoom levels; this first step, the "preparation", is handled
by a seperate program (included in the download). It can take a long time
on slow computers, but it only needs to be done once per image.
Once this is done, a second program, the ImageBrowser, will allow you to "browse"
though the resulting smaller pictures as if they were still one huge picture.
Although it will work with any picture, this program was made with the NASA's
Blue Marble pictures of the Earth in mind. You can download prepared version
of four of them here, all at 8000*4000 pixels.
New (20 october 2002): 43200*21600 picture available!
Changes in 1.0b7:
- New help system based on Doug Holton's HTMLfield ; output in the PC version is limited to plain text, though the links still works
- Fixed bug where "loading" mention would not be visible on PC
- Fixed bug where text in the open/save dialogs would appear in french in OS X
- PC version now provided in zip format (although the Blue Marble pictures are still compressed SIT files)
download Image Browser: PPC
version • OSX version • Windows version
download the prepared Blue Marble images (in the new file format)
New (5 december 2003): huge picture download available again:
download the 43600*21600 picture, kindly prepared and hosted by the creator of the Blue Marble pictures, Reto Stockli from the NASA. The picture is cloudless and shows the seabead.
Was Image Browser useful or interesting to you? If yes, you can make a donation via paypal to encourage me to develop it further! Visa & Mastercard are accepted, in any currencies. Thank you! |
