Panoramas from bauma 2007 in Munich
Welcome
Dear visitors,
on this site you find some panoramic impressions from the bauma 2007.
bauma 2007 is the most successful bauma of all time. Once again this event has strengthened its position as the leading platform for the building and construction industry. This 28th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Materials Machinery, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment took place from 23 to 29 April 2007 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, outstripping the last bauma in 2004 not only in terms of exhibition space but also as regards exhibitor and visitor numbers.
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bauma 2007 set a new record for visitor numbers – around 500,000 attended this year (2004: 416,000). That represents a rise of around 20 percent over 2004. The proportion of visitors from outside Germany increased strongly, reaching around 160,000 (2004: 116,000), which is approximately 30 percent of the total.
Viewing the panoramas
The panoramic images are spheric panoramas presented in Quicktime format. Therefore you need the Quicktime plugin for your browser to view the panoramas. However this technology is not supported on the various Linux flavours.
Making Of
The panoramas were made using a Konica Minolta Dynax 7D. The lens was a Sigma 8mm fisheye. For the shots above the head I used a monopod, that I held free with the lower end waist-high. It had a custom panorama head to position the lens at the NPP. I usually took four shots around, that means they were 90° apart. Furthermore I used one or two down shots and an additional shot for the sky. The stitching was done using PTGUI, smartblend and panotools. The final retouching was done with the Gimp. The Quicktime panoramas were created using Pano2QTVR.
