Panorama Picture Web Assignment


A panorama picture page is like a picture page except it includes links to panorama pictures in the QuickTime VR format. A QuickTime VR picture is a particuluar QuickTime file that displays panoramic pictures. In order to display these pictures, the QuickTime plug-in needs to be installed.

Like the picture page assignment, you would also include a caption with each panorama picture.

Search for panorama pictures with a search engine. For example, a search for: "QuickTime VR" Canada would find links to panorama pictures of Canada.

Getting the address of a panoramic picture is more difficult than getting the address of a picture. The procedure is to open a page with a panorama picture and then choose the Page Info option from the View menu. This lists all of the files that are linked from this page. A QuickTime VR file has the ".mov" extention. Look for a file with this extension and then copy its address. Try the procedure on this page: http://www.tantramar.com/ti/qtvr/via_rail_station.html

You'll need to use the "EMBED SRC=" tag to display these panorama pictures on a page. EMBEDded pictures are by default very small so you'll need to also enlarge the picture with the WIDTH and HEIGHT options. For example:

<EMBED SRC="http://www.tantramar.com/ti/qt/via_rail_station_sackville.mov" WIDTH=600 HEIGHT=200>


PROCEDURE:

  1. Decide on a particular region for which to create a panorama picture page.
  2. Perform an initial web search to see if there are sufficient pictures that are available on a region.
  3. Study the use of the "<EMBED SRC=" command. Additional information on this and other HTML formatting tags can be obtained from here. (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html)
  4. Submit an "Intent to Create a Panorama Picture Page" document that includes a tentative outline of the page with sample pictures. Print this document and submit.
  5. Submit the final version of the web page with the changes that have been suggested.


FORMATTING OF PICTURE PAGE

The Panorama Picture page needs to be consistently formatted. Like the picture page, it needs to begin with an outline followed by the pictures. The scenes should be grouped in a logical way. For example, the initial pictures might be of the physical landscape, followed by pictures of the human environment. The last section might have pictures of the human-induced changes on the physical environment (e.g., terraced fields in China). It is important to select pictures that are representative of the region.

The captions for each picture are critical. They should reflect concepts that are in the Notes pages. Each should be about the length of a paragraph.



The following example shows the basic format of the file:

<HTML>
<TITLE> Panoramic Page for Canada </TITLE>
<H1> Panoramic Page for Canada </H1>  
<HR>
<H2> Outline </H2>
<OL>  
 <LI>Physical and Natural Environment
  <UL>    
    <LI>Title of first picture.
    <LI>Title of second picture.
    <LI>Title of third picture.
  </UL>
 <LI>Human Environment
  <UL>
    <LI>Railroad station in New Brunswick
    <LI>Title of second picture.
    <LI>Title of third picture.
  </UL>
 <LI>Human-induced Changes to the Physical Environment
  <UL>    
    <LI>Title of first picture
    <LI>Title of second picture.
    <LI>Title of third picture.
  </UL>
 <LI>Questions:
</OL>
<HR>
<H2> Physical and Natural Environment </H2>
(Insert pictures here followed by captions.)

<H2> Human Environment </H2> 
(Insert pictures here followed by captions.)
<H3> Title of Panoramic Picture (ex. Depot in New Brunswick, Canada) </H3>
<EMBED SRC="http://www.tantramar.com/ti/qt/via_rail_station_sackville.mov" WIDTH=600 HEIGHT=200>
<P>
Paragraph describing the picture This paragraph should be about 75 words. Example:<p>

A railway station in New Brunswick. As in the United States, passenger rail traffic has declined drastically since the 1950s. The government-owned railway in Canada still maintains passenger train service. Cities have also maintained their depots. This panorama depicts a passenger train and an old depot built in 1907. Notice the stone used in the construction of the building. Also, notice that one of the passenger rail cars has an upper seating area that allows a view in all directions.

<p> <hr> <p>

<H2> Human-induced Changes to the Physical Environment </H2>
(Insert pictures here followed by captions.)

<p>
<HR>
<p>

Submitted by your name on date.


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