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 What is a Gigapixel Image?

A Gigapixel image is a digital image bitmap composed of one billion (109) pixels (picture elements), 1000 times the information captured by a 1 megapixel digital camera. 

Current technology for creating such very high-resolution images usually involves either making mosaics of a large number of high-resolution digital photographs or using a film negative as large as 12" × 9" (30 cm × 23 cm) up to 18" × 9" (46 cm × 23 cm), which is then scanned with a high-end large-format film scanner with at least 3000 dpi resolution. 

Only a few cameras are capable of creating a gigapixel image in a single sweep of a scene, such as the Pan-STARRS PS1 and the Gigapxl Camera.

A gigamacro image is a gigapixel image which is a close-up or macro image.
Gigapixel images may be of particular interest to the following:

    Artists
    Astronomers
    Curators and art historians
    Genealogists
    Paleontologists
    Geologists
    Entomologists
    Holography 

Health care providers, such as pathologists, for virtual microscopy utilizing whole slide images (digitally scanned glass microscope slides, also called virtual slides)
 
Physicists viewing the results of supercomputer simulations
 
Viewers of satellite composite images for various purposes, including agricultural policy, land use planning, and military intelligence
 
Visual effects industry, where gigapixel images can enable the creation of immersive digital environments
 

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Vancouver's North Shore is a 180° view, 18-gigapixel image that is made up of 1600 photos taken on July 6, 2011 and then stitched together. The final hi-res file is 299,980 X 60,000 pixels or 17,999 megapixels. The image is the largest Canadian digital photo ever created as of August 20, 2011. Special thanks to Sylvia Chen and Hweely Lim. | Fall Version

Vancouver 4/20 Protest (Apr 2016)
4.12 gigapixels (4,120 megapixels)

Vancouver's North Shore is a 180° view, 18-gigapixel image that is made up of 1600 photos taken on July 6, 2011 and then stitched together. The final hi-res file is 299,980 X 60,000 pixels or 17,999 megapixels. The image is the largest Canadian digital photo ever created as of August 20, 2011. Special thanks to Sylvia Chen and Hweely Lim. | Fall Version

Vancouver Canadians Baseball 2011 opening game was captured on June 17, 2011. The image is made up of 120 photos (15 across by 8 down) stitched together, taken over a 10-minute span, and is not supposed to represent a single moment in time. The final hi-res file is 100,872 X 19,890 pixels or 2,006 megapixels.

This 352° view of Edinburgh from the top of Nelson Monument at Calton Hill is a 12,022 megapixel image composed of 879 photos taken on June 8, 2013. It was captured using a Canon 5D MKII, Canon EF 400mm f/4 L IS USM lens and the Clauss Rodeon VR Station ST. The final hi-res file is 383,376 x 31,334 pixels. 
On the left is Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat at its peak. In the center are Old Town, Edinburgh Castle and The Balmoral along Princess St. At the bottom are the Dugald Stewart Monument, Old City Observatory and City Dome. And on the right is the National Monument of Scotland.

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