The virtual ecotourism team is currently collecting spherical panoramic images for our upcoming tours and we have collected these gallery images in preparation. If you are interested in creating spherical panoramas for your own conservation site, please contact vecotours [at] gmail [dot] com and we would be happy to walk you through the use of this great technology and feature your photos on our site!
For an amazing 360°x180° interactive panoramic experience of distant locations, explore the following photos by clicking on them to enter.
Ugandan Panoramas
Shoreline, Lake Nabugabo, Uganda (click to explore)
Wetland Ecozone, Lake Nabugabo, Uganda (click to explore)
Forest Path, Kibale National Park, Uganda (click to explore)
Kibale Health Centre, Kibale National Park, Uganda (click to explore)
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (click to explore)
North American Panoramas
Chic Chocs, Quebec, Canada (click to explore)
Prospect Rock, Vermont, USA (click to explore)
Wind Farm, Quebec, Canada (click to explore)
Embedded Video for Educational Panoramas
The Virtual Ecotourism team has also been experimenting with an even more interactive form of panoramic photo. In partnership with a team of students from the MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management (2011-2012) at The University of Oxford, we have created an audio and video enabled pano.
The BCM team created the necessary media for a pano outlining the ecosystem services found in a child’s bedroom. Ecosystem services are an incredibly important topic in current conservation debates, and this pano breaks down a difficult concept for a non-expert audience. The virtual ecotourism team hopes to utilize this type of interactive pano in upcoming tours.
Creative Team: Leonie Gough, Susie Lane, Tomomi Matsumoto and Mary N’Gendo
IT Team: Jay Ploss and Matt Redmond
Project Coordinator: Lucy Erickson
Please note: This pano was created as a school project and will not to be used for commercial purposes. The pano was created by students, however some images within accompanying videos were found using Google Images and photo credit is available upon request.
Enter the pano by clicking on the image below, and don’t forget to explore all of the videos!
Ecosystem Services, Oxford, United Kingdom (click to explore)