IPhone 4s images suitable for 360cities?

[Anne Woodbridge]

Do the photos taken on an iPhone 4s have the right quality/size etc for uploading to 360cities AND get selected for the map?

Thanks
Anne

[Daniel Oi]

Depends on the quality of the assembled and stiched panorama. If you gave a 4s to experienced pano photographer with a suitable mount, they would be able to make acceptable panoramas in many situations (if it didn't stress the sensor too much, e.g. low light or extreme contrast). The pixel density (pixels per radian) should be sufficient to meet the minumum spherical panorama dimension, and with careful shooting you could get sufficient quality source photos. But it wouldn't be a great choice to use if the intent was to make good quality panoramas, especially for inexperienced photographers.

What do you want to do? Why use a 4s? To do panos properly, you'd want to use a tripod and panohead (it is possible to do it handheld but it's quite tricky to get good results this way) so you might as well use a more suitable camera as well.

[Anne Woodbridge]

Thanks for your response - it's useful to know. I asked because the App is available on the iphone and it makes it easy to take/upload. Not much point though, by the sound of it!

[Daniel Oi]

To start with, just try making panos for the fun of it and don't worry about getting them accepted on 360Cities. Google Photos can recognize equirectangular panoramas and display them Google Street View style so you can show them off that way if they don't meet the quality bar of 360Cities. If you get the bug, then you can invest in a proper setup.