on ▁West ▁and ▁the ▁NASA ▁Am es ▁Research ▁Center ▁in ▁M off ett ▁Field , ▁Cal if ., ▁and ▁Il lah ▁N our b akh sh , ▁associate ▁professor ▁of ▁robot ics ▁at ▁Car neg ie ▁M ell on ▁in ▁Pitts burgh . ▁ ▁The ▁project ▁has ▁since ▁grown ▁into ▁an ▁independent ▁company ▁offering ▁solutions ▁for ▁capt uring ▁gig ap ixel ▁images . ▁ ▁Technology ▁G iga Pan ▁Systems ▁comb ines ▁high - definition ▁images ▁and ▁pan or am as ▁with ▁sharing , ▁tag ging ▁and ▁zoom ing ▁capabilities . ▁The ▁company ▁offers ▁a ▁solution ▁for ▁shooting , ▁view ing ▁and ▁expl oring ▁high - resol ution ▁gig ap ixel ▁images ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁system . ▁The ▁G iga Pan ▁system ▁includes : ▁ ▁Rob otic ▁Camera ▁Mount s : ▁The ▁E PI C ▁series ▁of ▁robot ic ▁camera ▁mount s ▁can ▁capture ▁HD , ▁gig ap ixel ▁photos ▁using ▁almost ▁any ▁digital ▁camera . ▁ ▁By ▁setting ▁the ▁upper ▁left ▁and ▁lower ▁right ▁corners ▁of ▁the ▁pan or ama ▁desired , ▁the ▁E PI C ▁works ▁out ▁how ▁many ▁photos ▁the ▁camera ▁will ▁need ▁to ▁take , ▁and ▁then ▁automatically ▁organ izes ▁them ▁into ▁rows ▁or ▁columns . ▁G iga Pan ▁St itch ▁Software : ▁G iga Pan ' s ▁image ▁st itch ing ▁technology ▁automatically ▁comb ines ▁the ▁hundreds ▁or ▁thousands ▁of ▁images ▁taken ▁with ▁a ▁digital ▁camera ▁using ▁the ▁G iga Pan ▁E PI C ▁series ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁image . ▁The ▁software ▁is ▁available ▁for ▁both ▁Mac ▁and ▁Windows