Info One of the endpoints of the worlds first electromagnetic telegraph line (connecting the offices of Carl Friedrich Gauß with the offices of Wilhelm Weber).
There is no single correct way to correct for panoramic distortion at extremely wide angles, because it is a 3D projection onto a 2D surface. It's the same problem map-makers face when dealing with large scales. Cylindrical mapping would be great if we had an easy way to view it! -- Ram-Man21:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
From my experience, and given Dschwen used equirectilinear (or something close) mapping, cylindrical mapping doesn't change that much the final result. To me, it has often resulted in similar picture which seems only stretched (a little) vertically. But maybe it won't hurt Dschwen to give it a try... Benh20:55, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My point about cylindrical mapping was that we really can't view it realistically. I was not saying it would be good to apply it to this image. At extreme wide angles you can't correct for all perspective distortion without introducing some other form of distortion. I personally find the distortion in this image ok, but others may not. -- Ram-Man19:57, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]