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What does Panoramearth-Editor?

Panoramearth-Editor is a small very easy to use software, that will allow you to prepare dozens of panoramearths at the same time to put online, by structuring a panoramearth data file. The software has some automated duplication of information features (for example, with one click you fill in the name of the country or date - if it is the same - for all your panoramearths). The software records your project in PRE format (.pre) it is enough to attach to your video panorama files for a quick display online in Panoram'Earth.com.

Installation

Download PanoramEarth-Editor (French or English version) with the buttons on the top. There is no installation to be done, the software is a "stand-alone," which means that it works by itself without other installation files. You can place it wherever you want in your hard disk and copy it as often as you wish. Double-click on the software and it is immediately starting with the Startup Screen. The software was developed with Neobook® and it is guaranteed free of virus, trojan, adware nor spyware.

Startup Screen

You find on the Startup Screen 4 buttons corresponding to 4 ways to start or continue a Panoram'Earth project. You click on the button corresponding to your choice, according to your situation. Let's see the details of each command.

  1. Open GPS: With this command you are in a situation where you could record with a GPS device a point of interest for each of your video panoramas. So, GPS recorded latitude, longitude, and altitude for each video. Using this button you select the .upt file you copied in your hard disk drive from the GPS. PanoramEarth-Editor will interpret this UPT file to build the structure of a panoramearth data file. Be careful using this method it is important to comply with the following rules: You have recorded in the GPS a point of interest and only one for each video panorama; you have not forgotten to record a point of interest; you have not recorded other points of interest than those corresponding to the panoramas; points of interest are recorded in the same order as the videos; you have not renamed your video files, they are in the recording order as in your camera. See next screen "Data Capture Screen."

  2. Open project: Is the easiest command, because you are in a situation where you have already saved a panoramearth data file (.pre file format). Therefore, you are going to open again this file saved in your hard disk drive in order to supplement or correct it. See next screen "Data Capture Screen."

  3. Ex nihilo project: With this command you are in a situation where you have video panoramas, but no GPS data (ex nihilo means in Latin: forthcoming from nothing). Therefore, it is sufficient to indicate how many video panorama files you have, and PanoramEarth-Editor will create a panoramearth data structure corresponding to the number of videos. See next screen "Data Capture Screen."

  4. Videos list: With this command you are in a situation where you have a series of video panorama files precisely geocoded (latitude and longitude) and named following the panoramearth standard. All your files are called as this way (for example): 45.203900,0.693317,2008.01.23,15.08, followed by the extension corresponding to the video format provided by your camera (.avi, .mpg, .mov, etc). This name given to the "panoramearths," also called identification number or ID, is easy to understand. It includes 4 information separated by a comma: latitude and longitude (both geo-coordinates are expressed in decimal degrees, a point separating the integral and the decimal part, the latter being formatted on 6 digits), date (including in this order: year, month, and day, in AAAA.MM.JJ format, so each item separated by a point, finally, time (hours and minutes, in HH.MM format, both parts separated by a point). So, every ID is unique and two panoramearths can't have the same ID. The PanoramEarth-Editor software must be in the same folder as the videos. Simply specify the extension (.avi, .mpg, .mov, etc) to take into account and PanoramEarth-Editor will create a panoramearth data structure with all the elements present in the ID of each video. See next screen "Data Capture Screen."

Data Capture Screen

After using one of the 4 buttons in the Startup Screen, you reach the Data Capture Screen where you can record the necessary information for the data panoramearth of all your video panoramas. Above all, give a name to your project ("Title of the project") and save it by clicking the "Save project" big button (the project will be saved as a text file with the .pre extension in the directory where you placed PanoramEarth-Editor). According to the 4 above situations you must use the software differently. Here's how.

  1. Open GPS: After clicking "Open GPS" (and selected a UPT file), for each panoramearth you see latitude, longitude, and altitude from the GPS. Make do add date and time of each video. At this stage it is not yet necessary to fill the other information. Create a working KML file by clicking on the "Save KML" button. Open this KML in Google Earth in order to verify the location of the placemarkers of each video panorama. Don't forget the Panoram'Earth principle: geocoding is a "point of view" geocoding, that means that you mark the location where you were taking the video. Of course, depending of the satellite image resolution that place will be more or less precisely located. If necessary, correct coordinates, latitude, longitude, in PanoramEarth-Editor (possibly also check the altitude). Recreate a corrected KML file to check. When everything is right, use the yellow "ID" button to put each panoramearth ID into clipboard in order to rename each corresponding video file (copy-paste). Thereafter, we advise you to abandon the first PRE file to recreate another one from renamed (ID) video files, see item 4 "Videos list" of the "Startup Screen."

  2. Open project: After clicking "Open project," complete the necessary information for each video panorama. From the title until the Signature complete all fields of the form, then write a comment, and possibly translate it into English.

  3. Ex nihilo project: After clicking "Ex nihilo project," enter the information of date and time of each video. Then, with the help of Google Earth and possibly other Cartographic means, geocode each video panorama (determine as accurately as possible latitude and longitude of the point where you were filming). When everything is right, use the yellow "ID" button to put each panoramearth ID into clipboard in order to rename each corresponding video file (copy-paste). Then proceed to step 4 "Videos list."

  4. Videos list: After clicking on "Videos list," think first to name your project and save it ("Save project" button). Then begin to complete the information required for each video panorama (see item 2).

Additional information

Automatic capture: You notice grayed "Gen." (Generalization) buttons and which are thus unavailable. This neutralization is serving to protect yourself from an unfortunate click. By clicking one of these buttons you are going to generalize information in all panoramearths. To use these buttons you must click on the button with an "X" (click again to neutralize anew). For example, if your video panoramas were taken on the same day, saying on 12/05/2008, you capture the date once and then you click "Gen." (Generalize date to all panoramearths), which will copy the date in all the video panoramas. In practice, you make this generalization at the beginning of your data capture work generalizing the majority information. Explanation: You have 32 panoramearths, including 28 on the date of 12/05/2008 and 4 on the date of 15/05/2008. You are going to generalize the 12/05/2008 majority date, then you correct the 4 minority panoramearths. This method applies to all generalizable information, including the introductory common part of the comments (see further).

Title and subtitle: These data are quite free. Title and subtitle should not be too long (50 characters maximum). They must be relevant and provide a summary of the panoramearth. There must be a hierarchy of inclusion between title (framework) and subtitle (something in the general framework). That is why the title can take back the name of a place (a town or a region) or an activity (hiking, travel), while the subtitle talk about a part of a place, a step of an activity.

Latitude and longitude: Should be as precisely as possible set within the limits of the satellite image resolution. Either you could geocode the panoramearth on the spot with a GPS device, then you are going to check and possibly correct this geocoding with Google Earth, or you are going to geocode directly with Google Earth, carrying on your memory of space and place. In both cases you must be able to recognize a real place on a satellite image. If a satellite image is too low resolution, you can't geocode without GPS. And if you then have a GPS geocoding, you can't check it. So, in this case, without GPS, no panoramearth is possible, and with the GPS, you can accept a temporary and approximate geocoding pending a higher resolution satellite image. Coping with this accuracy of geocoding issue (which, to recall, is a "point of view" geocoding), when you decide to make a video panorama, remember to place yourself into a location that can be easily recognized in a satellite image (for example, a crossroads, a single tree, a monument, a house, etc).

Date and time: It is not necessary to note this information at the moment of your video panorama camerawork. You will find this information in the "Modification Date" column of your (Windows) system or in the EXIF metadata of your video.

Geographical localization: You must be able to accurately provide the administrative hierarchy of this information (Country, Region, Department (district, county...), City, and Zip code).

Signature: Which is free (real name, nickname or Unknown).

Comments: In the comment, try to explain your panorama, to say what is seen, talking about perhaps the circumstances, possibly explain what is heard in the soundtrack of the video. You can point to special things specifying at which time (at 32 seconds one sees ... or: from 1 minute 12 seconds one sees ...). Indicate if there is a fioritura and when. You can add indications about history, geography, tourism, and so on. A comment may include a common introductory part for several panoramearths (that is, for example, the series of video panoramas of a hike or a visit to a tourist place). Use automatic generalization (automatic capture with the "Gen." button), then complete with the specific information to each panoramearth. If your comment is not in English, try to translate your comment in English (using an automatic translator, such as Google Translate, then correct the turns and misinterpretations of the phrases as you can). The English commentary is not required (unless English is your native language, of course) and if you do so, a perfect English is not required. Do the job as you can (if you don't know this language let the robot's translation as it is).

Replicative and postponed: When a panoramearth is replicative, please report at the beginning of the comment. When you want a panoramearth to be postponed, report it by mentioning (postponed) in brackets at the end of the subtitle and explaining the reasons in the comment (panoramearth will not be put online for several decades).

Submit PRE file to Panoram'Earth.com

Once your data panoramearth file is fully completed, save it for the last time (note: you should not change this PRE file outside Panoramearth-Editor, otherwise you may deteriorate its structure. Specifically, do not delete the blank lines it has). So you have a PRE file, for example "MyProject.pre" or "Chicago-2007-08.pre, that you must submit with your videos and notify to Panoram'Earth.com. For that you need to have a personal Web site and the possibility to upload files with FTP. You are therefore transferring in your personal site all your videos renamed with the panoramearth ID and the corresponding PRE file. Then, using the form below you are announcing these files to Panoram'Earth.com indicating the exact internet address (URL) of the files (by example: http://www.mypersowebsite.com/video/). (If you send only one video file, please use the form in this page).


Formulaire de signalement multiple / Multiple announcing form