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The following are the digital photographs that have held the record for being the largest, beginning with the most recent:

MassiveBlack: A Large-Scale Simulation of the Early Universe 1166 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture:     MassiveBlack: A Large-Scale Simulation of the Early Universe - 1.1664 Terapixels
 * Claimed by: Yu Feng, Rupert Croft, Randy Sargent, Paul Heckbert, Paul Dille
 * Photograph of: A Large-Scale Simulation of the Early Universe
 * Pixels: 1166.40 gigapixels
 * Year: shooting: April 30, 2011, public availability: April 30, 2011

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Shanghai 272 Gigapixels (112G Estimated Optical Pixels)

 * Name of project/picture:     Shanghai - 272 Gigapixels - 0.27 Terapixels
 * Claimed by: Rongkai Zhao
 * Photograph of: Shanghai
 * Pixels: 272,312,102,608
 * Optical pixels estimated based on picture overlap model: 112 Gigapixels
 * Optical pixels estimated based on pixel angular size model: 117 - 119 Gigapixels
 * Total images: 12000
 * Size: 1.24 TB (raw data)
 * Year: shooting: May 25, 2010, public availability: Dec 20th, 2010

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Sevilla 111 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: '    Sevilla - 111 Gigapixels ''
 * Claimed by: Jose Manuel Domínguez Pablo Pompa
 * Photograph of: Sevilla
 * Pixels: 111,173,273,248
 * Total images: 9750
 * Year: shooting: Sep 29th, 2010, public availability: Dec 12th, 2010

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Sugar Loaf 152 Gigapixels (90G - 92G Estimated Optical Pixels)

 * Name of project/picture:     Sugar Loaf - 0.15 Terapix
 * Claimed by: RioHK group
 * Photograph of: Rio de Janeiro
 * Pixels: 152,407,683,304
 * Year: shooting: 20.07.2010, public availability: 28.09.2010

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London 80 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture:     London 80 gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Jeffrey Martin (360cities.net)
 * Photograph of: London, United Kingdom
 * Pixels: 80,000,000,000
 * Year: shooting: summer 2010, public availability: 16.11.2010

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This image is the largest spherical panoramic photo in the world.

Arches 77 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture:     Arches National Park - 77 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Rongkai Zhao
 * Photograph of: Arches National Park - Park Avenue Trail Head
 * Pixels: 77,966,309,790
 * Year: shooting: Sept 6th, 2010, public availability: Sept 18th, 2010

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Budapest 70 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture:     70 Billion Pixels Budapest
 * Claimed by: 360systems Ltd.
 * Photograph of: Budapest
 * Pixels: 71,303,841,000
 * Year: shooting: 2010

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Corcovado 67 Gigapixels
(Not a cropped image, the sides of the picture are not straight. The real picture is smaller with the black parts on the edge.)


 * Name of project/picture:     Corcovado 67 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: RioHK group
 * Photograph of: Rio de Janeiro
 * Pixels: 67,821,473,740
 * Year: shooting: 08.07.2010, public availability: 22.07.2010

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Vienna 50 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture:     Vienna 50 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Photoartkalmar
 * Photograph of: Vienna
 * Dimensions: 404864px (W) &times; 124832px (H)
 * Pixels: 50,539,982,848
 * Year: shooting: 07.2010, public availability: 07.2010

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Marburg 47 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture:     Marburg 47 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Peter Lauritis - Polk Systems
 * Photograph of: Marburg
 * Pixels: 47,676,298,005
 * Year: shooting: 07.2010, public availability: 20.07.2010

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Dubai 45 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture:     Dubai 45 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Gerald Donovan
 * Photograph of: Dubai
 * Dimensions: 472603px (W) &times; 94955px (H)
 * Pixels: 44,876,017,865
 * Year: shooting: 23.4.2010, public availability: 02.05.2010

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Saint-Raphaël 41 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: Saint-Raphaël 41 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Gigapixel Tour (Guillaume Roumestan)
 * Photograph of: Saint-Raphël
 * Dimensions: 397488 px (W) &times; 103960px (H)
 * Pixels: 41,322,852,480
 * Year: shooting: 7.5.2011, public availability: 19.5.2011

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first multiviewpoint Gigapixel in the World 18 x 2,3 = 40 Gigapixel, 2011

 * Name of project/picture: multiviewpoint Gigapixel image
 * Claimed by: Daniel Richter (Website)
 * Photograph of: Kyffhaeuser, Germany
 * Dimensions: 18 x 85,232px (W) &times; 26,301px (H)
 * Pixels: 18 x 2,241,686,832 = 40,350,362,976
 * Year: shooting: 20011

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Swiss Alps 31 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: Swiss Alps 31 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Simon Oberli
 * Photograph of: Swiss Alps
 * Dimensions: 385163px (W) &times; 80500px (H)
 * Pixels: 31,005,621,500
 * Year: shooting: 13.3.2010, public availability: 25.4.2010

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Paris 26 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: Paris 26 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Kolor Autopano / Arnaud Frich / Martin Loyer
 * Photograph of: Paris, France
 * Dimensions: 354159px (W) &times; 75570px (H)
 * Pixels: 26,763,795,630
 * Year: shooting: September 2009, public availability: March 2010

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Paris 26 Gigapixels is an interactive image showing a view of the French capital and its famous monuments, from the Eiffel Tower to the Pantheon. It was shot by photographer Arnaud Frich using a custom-made panoramic head and 2 Canon 5D Mark II DSLR cameras with 300mm f4.0 lenses and two 2x tele converter (equivalent 600mm f8.0). The 2346 images of the project were then assembled using Kolor Autopano Giga software. The website was created using several technologies: Kolor Autopano Tour, KRpano and Microsoft Research's HDview.

Gigapixel Dresden 26 gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: Gigapixel Dresden
 * Claimed by: A.F.B. media GmbH / Sächsische Zeitung (local newspaper)
 * Photograph from: Haus der Presse, Dresden, Germany
 * Dimensions: 297,500px (W) &times; 87,500px (H)
 * Size: 102 GB (raw data)
 * Pixels: 26,031,250,000
 * Year: 2009

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Carriere des Grands Caous 20 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: Carrière des Grands Caous (Quarry of the "Grands Caous")
 * Claimed by: Guillaume Roumestan (Website)
 * Photograph of: Saint-Raphael, France
 * Dimensions: 204,220px (W) &times; 102,391px (H)
 * Pixels: 20,910,290,020
 * Year: shooting: 2010

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Prague 18 Gigapixels Spherical Panorama

 * Name of project/picture: Prague from the TV Tower - 18 Gigapixel Panoramic Photo
 * Claimed by: Jeffrey Martin (360cities.net)
 * Photograph of: Prague, Czech Republic
 * Dimensions: 192,000px (W) &times; 96,000px (H)
 * Size: 120GB (Photoshop file)
 * Pixels: 18,432,000,000
 * Year: shooting: October 2009, public availability: December 2009

Full size zoomable image Blog explaining how the panorama was made

This image, when published in 12/2009, was the largest fully spherical panoramic photo in the world. It is 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall. When printed, it is 16 meters (53 feet) long at regular photographic quality (300dpi). It was shot in early October 2009 from the top of the Zizkov TV Tower in Prague, Czech Republic in collaboration with Prague 3 town hall. Canon 5D MKII digital SLR camera and a 200mm lens were used. Hundreds of shots were shot over a few hours; these shots were then stitched together on a computer over the following few weeks.

Vancouver's North Shore 18 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: Vancouver's North Shore 18 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Ronnie Miranda (gigapixel.com)
 * Photograph of: Vancouver, BC Canada
 * Dimensions: 299,980px (W) &times; 60,000px (H)
 * Size: 54.2 GB
 * Pixels: 17,998,800,000
 * Year: shooting: July 6, 2011, public availability: August 20, 2011

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The image is the largest Canadian photo created as of August 20, 2011.

largest season image in the world - Ilmenau (Germany) 18 Gigaixel, 2009

 * Name of project/picture: largest season picture in the world
 * Claimed by: Daniel Richter (Website)
 * Photograph of: Ilmenau, Germany
 * Dimensions: 142,736px (W) &times; 125,546px (H)
 * Pixels: 17,919,933,856
 * Year: shooting: 2009

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Yosemite-17-Gigapixels/Glacier Point

 * Name of project/picture: Yosemite-17-Gigapixels/Glacier Point
 * Claimed by: Gerard Maynard, New York, NY, USA
 * Photograph from: Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, CA, USA
 * Dimensions: 214,414px (W) &times; 80,571px (H)
 * Size: 96.5 GB
 * Pixels: 17,275,550,394
 * Year: 2008

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Megeve valley 16.71 Gigapixels (2009)

 * Name of project/picture: Megeve Valley'
 * Claimed by: Guillaume Roumestan - France
 * Photograph of: Megeve village and valley view from Rochebrune
 * Dimensions: 217,452px (W) &times; 76,846px (H)
 * Size: 71.6 GB
 * Pixels: 16,710,316,392
 * Year: 2009

Shot took place on February 20, 2009 on the terrace of the 1st floor of the restaurant "Le Super Megève ", located in Rochebrune, 1754 meters (Megève, Haute Savoie, France). The panorama stretches in 180°, from left to right, from the Torraz (1930 metres) to the Aiguille du Midi (2487 meters). Are visible the village of Megève, the Aiguille du Midi, the Mont-Blanc... Assemblage of 2321 pictures of 12 million pixels stitched into a picture of 16,71 billions pixels. (217452x76846 = 16,710,316,392 Pixels).

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Mount Lebanon Valley | LEBANON (2011)

 * Name of project/picture:     Mount Lebanon Valley
 * Claimed by: Karim Saad
 * Photograph of: Mount Lebanon Valley
 * Dimensions: 234248 px (W) &times; 69352 px (H)
 * Pixels: 16,245,567,296 (16,245 gigapixels)
 * Year: shooting: 12.06.2011, public availability: 28.06.2011

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The Last Supper (2007)

 * Name of project/picture: The Last Supper
 * Claimed by: HAL9000 Srl - Novara - Italy
 * Photograph of: Last Supper in the back halls of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.
 * Dimensions: 172,181px (W) &times; 93,611px (H)
 * Size: 94.4 GB
 * Pixels: 16,118,035,591
 * Year: 2007

The 16.1 Gigapixel size was reached by HAL9000 Srl. The project "The Last Supper" was claimed to be the largest digital panoramic photo, it is a stitched photograph created merging 1677 shots from a single point into one photograph, each shot 12.2 Megapixel in size.

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Harlem 13 Gigapixels (2007)

 * Name of project/picture: Harlem 13 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Gerard Maynard
 * Photograph of: Harlem, New York
 * Dimensions: 279,689px (W) &times; 46,901px (H)
 * Size: 48.8 GB
 * Pixels: 13,117,693,789
 * Year: 2007

The 13 Gigapixel size was reached by Gerard Maynard.

The 2045 images were taken with a Nikon D2X with 300 mm lens mounted on a modified Peace River Studios PixOrb. The stitching and exporting was done automatically by Autopano Pro.

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Vancouver 12 Gigapixels

 * Name of project/picture: Vancouver 12 Gigapixels
 * Claimed by: Ronnie Miranda (gigapixel.com)
 * Photograph of: Vancouver, BC Canada
 * Dimensions: 242,230px (W) &times; 41,300px (H)
 * Size: 33.2 GB
 * Pixels: 12,427,953,252
 * Year: shooting: April 10 and May 8, 2010, public availability: June 3, 2010

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Parete Gaudenziana (2006)

 * Name of project/picture: Parete Gaudenziana
 * Claimed by: HAL9000 Srl - Novara - Italy
 * Photograph of: Parete Gaudenziana in Santa Maria delle Grazie Church in Varallo (Italy)
 * Dimensions: 96,679px (W) &times; 89,000px (H)
 * Size: 51.6 GB
 * Pixels: 8,604,431,000
 * Year: 2006

The 8.6 Gigapixel size was reached by HAL9000 Srl.

The project Parete Gaudenziana was claimed to be the largest digital panoramic photo, it is a stitched photograph created merging 1145 shots from a single point into one photograph, each shot 12.2 Megapixel big. A story of the picture has been published by Rob Galbraith.

Beirut Central District | LEBANON (2010)

 * Name of project/picture:     Beirut Central District | LEBANON
 * Claimed by: Karim Saad
 * Photograph of: Beirut Central District
 * Dimensions: 149959px (W) &times; 46772px (H)
 * Pixels: 7,013,882,349 (7.01 gigapixels)
 * Year: shooting: 27.12.2010, public availability: 31.12.2010

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Gigapix (2004)

 * Name of project/picture: Gigapix
 * Claimed by: TNO
 * Photograph of: Delft, Netherlands
 * Dimensions: 78,797px (W) &times; 31,565px (H)
 * Size: 7.5GB
 * Pixels: 2,487,227,305
 * Year: 2004

The previous record belonged to Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.

One of these attempts was by Dutch company TNO. The project dubbed "Gigapix" was claimed to be the largest digital panoramic photo, although it is a stitched photograph by merging hundreds of small sections into one photograph. According to an article in The Register and a Slashdot story, the photograph is 78,797 by 31,565 pixels large. It was taken on a Nikon D1X camera.

A preview of the image can be seen at:
 * TNO Gigapix project description
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Unknown title (2003)

 * Name of project/picture: Unknown
 * Claimed by: Max Lyons, Gigapixel Images
 * Photograph of: Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA
 * Dimensions: 40,784px (W) &times; 26,800px (H)
 * Size: 2.06GB
 * Pixels: 1,093,011,200
 * Year: 2003

The previous record belonged to Max Lyons of Gigapixel Images. He had at one stage claimed to have created the largest photo. It consisted of 196 images that were stitched together. Since then this claim has been surpassed by that of the TNO attempt. TNO's Gigapix is 2.5 times larger.

Portrait of a Coral Reef (1999)

 * Name of project/picture: Portrait of a Coral Reef
 * Claimed by: Jim Hellemn
 * Photograph of: Bloody Bay Wall Coral Reef in Cayman Islands
 * Dimensions: 76,934px (W) &times; 23,010px (H)
 * Size: 4.95GB
 * Pixels: 1,770,251,340
 * Year: 1999

The previous record may have belonged to Jim Hellemn of Blue Ocean Art. In 1999, Hellemn created a 1.77 gigapixel underwater photocomposite image, which was designed to facilitate life-size reproduction of a 20 ft high by 70 ft wide section of Bloody Bay Wall, a vertical coral reef wall in the Cayman Islands. The image consisted of over 300 images that were manually stitched together from 4000ppi drum scans of Fuji Provia 100 transparency film. To make the image, a grid of 280 frames was photographed with 30% overlap to accurately cover the reef wall with full-spectrum light revealing the natural color and detail of the reef. Additional frames of marine life carefully photographed in the same grid composited in place to complete the scene. The on-site photography, requiring 23 dives and over 12 hours underwater to complete, was accomplished over a ten day period by Jim Hellemn, with assistants Larry Hellemn and Peter Neubauer, using a neutrally-buoyant camera platform Hellemn designed specifically for the project. The post production of the image was completed in six months using multiple Macintosh G4 computers at Photographix in Poway, California, a digital graphics company owned by Hellemn.

A zoomable version of the image was made available to the public in 2000 using the ER Mapper's ECW (file format) and Image Web Server software on a site operated by Fugro-Pelagos, allowing visitors to explore the life-size image. The project and the techniques used by Hellemn inspired researchers at Miami university to use similar methods to produce wide-coverage video mosaics to study coral reefs. [http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/info/2006_Annual_Report.pdf RSMAS. 2006 Annual Report] The image was published in the October 2001 issue of National Geographic Magazine, "Portrait of a Coral Reef".

A preview of the image can be seen at:
 * portraitofacoralreef.com, medium resolution zoomable