Huge images are cool because they show so much detail, but they have tendency to crash web browsers a lot – any web browser.
How huge is huge?
"Huge" at present is anything 40 megapixels or more. Or to put it in pixel dimensions, anything 7216×5412 or greater.
However I’ll do even better here and tackle a 70+ MP Earth poster, weighing in at a ridiculous 10004×10967 resolution. Here’s the actual file from SpaceTelecope.org, but be warned, if you have an older computer box it may crash your browser if you click that, and this is why:
This will happen regardless of what browser you use. Loading an image of this size causes the browser to go memory-crazy, and the crash will happen once the memory runs out unless you have a good amount of RAM on board.
How do you share out an image this big that’s friendly to computers both young and old?
This tool’s intended purpose is for images to be using in the Google Maps interface. However it makes for a darned fine way of sharing colossal images because once finished, you simply send a link. That link will go to a place where you can zoom in/out and pan just like the way Google Maps works.
Here’s the link to the same image as noted above:
http://gmapuploader.com/view/h58jVIa674
You’ll notice on load that the above link loads quickly and won’t threaten to crash your browser at all even on decidedly slower computers. You can pan and zoom to your heart’s content. There’s also a link on that page if you wanted to download the full image.
There does not appear to be any limit size or dimension-wise concerning Gmap Uploader can handle, so if you have the big-big images, give it a try. You’ll finally be able to share out those images without having to size them down first or worry about how big is too big for a photo.
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