I will give it my best effort. The course itself looks do-able, but the surroundings are going to be the challenge. The first challenge, before I begin the course construction, is to see if an acceptable pano can be created. The backside of the course looks like it won't need a background pano. It's made up of trees and hills, which I believe I can create with the APCD. It's the scenery across the lake that has me a little stumped. Is there any chance I can get a graphics expert that has worked with pano's to take a look at what I need to do and at least let me know if it's possible? There are a few miles of shoreline across the lake that I have made some screen captures of that look better than any real photos I have found. There is a circle drive near the water where you can get actual Google Earth photo views, but they are hazy. I actually think the screen captures of the GE provided scenery looks sharper, and might be more acceptable, but I'm not sure I know how to squeeze it into a half of a pano. I had an idea rattling around in my brain and started wondering if it may be possible to add a lot of extra plot to make up the lake, and put an upturned 90 degree lip, or wall on the other side, and perhaps apply the screen shots to it and use that for the background scenery. Just a wild idea. It's an average of 2 miles in all directions across the lake, and i thought perhaps making a wall in a huge half-circle might be the best way to view the scenery from the floating green.
The issue I see is, when you are out on the floating green, you will need to see the shoreline across the lake from all directions for at least a 180 degree circle. So the screen captures I made will need to be squeezed into that area to make up half of the pano, or at least so it seems to me. Or perhaps even some other scenery that at least looks similar might work here.
Is there anyone experienced out there that would be willing to take a look at it for me and give me an opinion of whether it can be done one way or another? I don't even want to start on the course construction until I can get this issue settled. Any tips or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes,
Dan
I think its better to make a pano at least for the opposite side, surely some good photos should be possible to find? On the sides viewed from the island could be tricky yeah but if a pano isnt needed elsewhere on the course I bet it wouldnt be too impossible to make it work, especially if some photos from the island could be found... Hopefully someone else who's more confident than me about panos is willing to take a look at it, but IF you are able to find good quality photos I would at least be up for turning them into a panorama .tga for you.
Dan
