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We had to lock down the settings on the site to make it as light as possible. Consequently, you're limited to 75 frames. It's basically built for very short routes spinning around objects. If you want to do long routes or crazy camera movements, grab the source (https://github.com/TeehanLax/Hyperlapse.js) and roll your own solution. The API is really simple and versatile.

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Thanks for creating Hyperlapse - it's awesome and is something I've been looking for! How is it possible to have multiple lookat point along a hyperlapse? Or would I have to stack multiple hyperlapses together to first look at this one point, then at the next point?

You could play around with the Three.js camera object. We made a separate viewer for the video team that had more complicated camera controls (and higher max frame + zoom level).

... and you wouldn't release that separate viewer, would you? I'm planing on using a hyperlapse for a recent roadtrip through the US, including photos. I also want to create a video from the hyperlapse and add the photos via AfterEffects.

You get the idea with the dat.gui strapped example from the repo: http://tllabs.io/hyperlapse/examples/viewer.html

Thanks, it does look better for short distances, but still seems very fast! Seems to be around 3 seconds for the 75 frames, I think I'd like to see it half that speed or less.

I should add, that's a maximum of 75 frames. We check if there are duplicate pano's on the same route and stagger them depending on distance, so you could get fewer frames. It's set to 50ms a frame atm.

Ah that'll be the problem I was having, some areas don't have a high enough frequency of images available to make a good hyperlapse.

It's very hit or miss. We've been calling good one's 'finds' because they're fairly rare.

It'd be neat if there was a way for people to highlight their 'finds'. You could then have a randomizer option similar to www.mapcrunch.com

Pretty neat. I can imagine this syncing with gps navigation and providing street previews for drivers.

The google maps navigation already does that, albeit only when you are closing in the target. But still very useful when looking for a restaurant or a company.

I'm aware they show a snapshot of the destination upon arrival, but I'm not aware of any kind of functionality to see video street previews through the upcoming street(s) during any point in the route.

http://support.google.com/gmm/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&ans...

That requires the driver to manually shift around an area though. Something that automatically hyperlapses through the whole next street or so would be neater.

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