http://www.metafilter.com/tags/prado Posts tagged with 'prado' at MetaFilter. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:38:08 -0800 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:38:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/78253/Art%2Dby%2Dthe%2Dsquare%2Dcentimeter <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_earth_prado_masterpieces.php">Google Earth moves to square centimeter resolution</a>, when it comes to art at Madrid's <a href="http://www.museodelprado.es/en/welcome/">Prado Museum</a>. Zoom in on 14-gigapixel images (about 1400 times the detail of a standard 10-gigapixel camera) of some of the museum's masterpieces, via Google Earth or Google Maps (<a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/prado/">start here</a>). It's like putting your nose right up to the painting. Some <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/01/explore-masterpieces-of-prado-museum-up.html">details</a> at Google Blog. Be sure to watch the how-it-was-done video. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78253 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:38:08 -0800 art googleearth prado beagle