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kevinventullo

Seems like there should be a library that does this fairly efficiently for ultra large images.

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I did some quick searching, this library seems like the best bet: https://github.com/openseadragon/openseadragon

I hacked together a quick demo using that library on this image: https://andromeda.bsprague.com/

It's cool zooming in and seeing the moire patterns shimmer into view

Beautiful, thank you!

Thanks heaps!

Not sure how many 417-megapixel images are out there where this would be something someone works on "over a weekend". We just need the right person to come along at the right time to think it would be a cool thing to do just because.

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