Panorado Applet 2.2

The panorado Java applet enables you to design websites with interactive panoramic pictures or other kinds of large pictures.

	A picture tells more than a thousand words - this also applies to websites. And a panoramic picture tells more than an "ordinary" picture. Panoramic pictures are a means to present locations in 3 dimensions - and thus adding attraction to your website.
	< Internet gallery with a popup viewer (www.wag-berlin.de)

Panoramic pictures can contribute to:

Touristic websites: Hotels, appartments, touristic facilities Real estate websites Websites of museums, art galleries, and image archives Displaying maps of all kinds Large virtual tours, using the viewer's hotspot option Interactive CD and DVD productions Maybe you have some other ideas? Have a look at our little Panorama Gallery!

^ Touristical website with an integrated viewer

• The panorado applet makes a large image visible within a smaller window. You can use your mouse or your keyboard to move the visible portion.
• For zooming in and out, you can use the mouse wheel or the keyboard.
• The applet has a very appealing, smooth appearance, using SoftStart, SoftPan, SoftZoom, and SoftFading technologies - which is quite unusual on the Internet!
• Source images can be in JPEG, GIF, or PNG format.
• The applet uses the Java file cache for a fast access to images which have already been loaded.
• Control buttons and all the space around the applet are completely customizable by means of HTML elements. You can supply your own graphics to be displayed while the image is loading.
• Optional: A compass scale on the lower edge of the image.
• There are 3 projection modes available now, for different purposes:
  fast - for unprecedented fast and smooth movementes even on large area applets
  flat - with anti-aliasing and soft fading, but not quite as fast
  spherical - with 3-D rendering.
  
• A new feature: Hotspots. A hotspot is represented by a small symbol which on demand pops up above the image, provides a textual description when the mouse is above it, and links to another page when clicked.
• 
  Still newer (version 2.1): virtual camera tracks. A list of instructions defines how the 'camera' moves across the image on linear or curved paths, with zooming and screen changes.
• Integrating the applet: Some HTML code has to be inserted into the surrounding HTML document. The applet's programming interface has been extended in v2.0.
  There is some sample code on the tech page which can be copied-and-pasted. And there are many more possibilities if you are a little familiar with HTML and JavaScript coding!
• You don't have to install any large plugins or unknown ActiveX controls. The applet file's size is no more than 30kB, and using Java is safe.

For displaying HTML pages you certainly need a web browser. All popular browsers support Java applets. The panorado applet requires Java. Version 1.4 or newer is recommended. If required, a current Java version can be downloaded from the Sun Microsystems website.

Java is platform-independent. It runs on MS-Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.

Java applets are executed within a safe, isolated environment which doesn't allow any write access to the local file system.

You have to perform these steps:

• Take pictures. You can use an ordinary digital camera, if you take care of some details. Click here for more.
• Assemble single pictures to form a panoramic picture ("Stitching").
  There is special stitching software; see the details in the background article. You'll find short descriptions of stitching tools and links to manufacturers on the Links page.
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  Download the Panorado applet.
  Simply click here and save the little Java archive (Panorado.jar) to your destination folder. You don't have to unzip the file.
  Notice: On some Windows XP systems, the filename is erroneously reported as "Panorado.zip". If this is the case on your system, please correct the filename back to "Panorado.jar" in the "Save As" dialog box, and select "All Files" in the "File Type" field.
  
• Write and test the HTML frame. On the Tech page you'll find two HTML code examples from which you can copy-and-paste to your own HTML page.
  With some HTML knowledge in mind you can certaily modify and extend the code according to your needs.
• Upload all components.
  Copy the HTML document, the image file, and the panorado applet to your web server, test again. Your're done now!

The use of this applet is free on private (non-profit) websites!
We would appreciate if you place the panorado logo or a text link next to it, referring to our website. You are encouraged to copy-and-paste one of these code snippets:

Download a product logo

You have some special requirements? Questions? You need development support?
Are you planning to use a panorama viewer applet as a part of a complex web server application (like a content management system)?
Please don't hesitate to contact us!

The use of the panorado viewer applet is free on private non-profit websites.
The use on all other kinds of websites or publications requires a license agreement as soon as the pages containing the applet are published. This applies i. e. to corporations, shops, advertising, enterprises, organisations, schools, universities. We summarize this as "commercial".

Please contact us if you are interested in a special agreement for a non-profit organisation.

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