xkcd's 13-Gigapixel Webcomic

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Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @08:28AM from the all-the-pixels-you-need-and-more dept.

New submitter Nomen writes "Today's xkcd: Click and Drag (Google Maps version) is probably the world's biggest web comic at an RSI-inducing resolution of 165,888x79,872 pixels. It's made up of 225 different images that take up 5.52MB of space. Now, if only the mines were powered by nethack..."

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Zoomable version by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-19 08:36 · Score: 2, Informative

Someone created a zoomable version of today's comic. Makes it a LOT faster to see everything:
http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/#1/65/-84
Re:Mother of God by Zocalo · 2012-09-19 08:39 · Score: 4, Informative

Yeah, the GoogleMaps version really sucks for some reason. Try this one instead.

Note that is privately hosted, and since a Slashdotting is likely to turn his suspicions about hosting costs into reality you might want to consider a donation, or at least a like to help him with the Facebook "Like" for the image linked from the page.

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Re:Not all that impressive by PrinceAshitaka · 2012-09-19 08:41 · Score: 4, Informative

http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/

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Re:Mother of God by RenderSeven · 2012-09-19 08:43 · Score: 4, Informative

Someone has already published a complete zoomable image. Its a bit of a spoiler, but saves a lot of time!
Re:wow, massive finger cramps... by RenderSeven · 2012-09-19 08:48 · Score: 4, Informative

Try this version
Re:Not all that impressive by Zocalo · 2012-09-19 08:49 · Score: 5, Informative

Soooo... Glass half empty kind of guy, huh?

Give Randall some credit, this must have taken ages to put together, and is all the more impressive once you realise that it's more or less all draw to the scale. The real mindfsck is when you read the comment from the girl on the far left and work out that, despite all of that apparently vast area to explore, the whole thing represents is only about five miles from one side to the other. I just didn't expect it [the drawing] to be so small!

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Re:Not all that impressive by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-19 08:59 · Score: 0, Informative

It is impressive in my book -- simply because of the immense amount of time it takes to put something like that together. Clearly someone has no more of a life than most of us.
Just to give some perspective as to how big 13 gigapixels are, here is a linky to a 15 gigapixel photo of a waterfall:
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/114571
This was a stitch of 900 photos shot with a Nikon D800E. Luckily, it is a bit easier to browse than the XKCD version....
Re:Not all that impressive by cervesaebraciator · 2012-09-19 09:11 · Score: 4, Informative

The real mindfsck is when you read the comment from the girl on the far left and work out that, despite all of that apparently vast area to explore, the whole thing represents is only about five miles from one side to the other.
Clever. Another way to work out the dimensions would be to scale it to the Burj Khalifa located in the center.
Big View in Chrome: by CanHasDIY · 2012-09-19 09:26 · Score: 5, Informative

- Right click the comic, select "Inspect Element"

- in the console, expand the "middleContainer" div

- select the "comic" div

- in the box on the right of the console, uncheck "overflow:hidden"

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