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# Photosynth on iPhone: panoramic reporting
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2011/04/photosynth_on_iphone_panoramic_reporting/
- Published: 2011-04-19T14:03:36.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-28T12:54:35.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: iPhone, microsoft, panoramas, photography, photos, photosynth

![photosynth app](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/04/psynth.png?resize=198%2C210)

I have a new app on my iPhone: \[Photosynth\](http://gigaom.com/mobile/microsofts-immersive-photosynth-camera-app-lands-on-ios/). Yes, a Microsoft app. Cognitive dissonance ahoy. 😉

But it’s a great tool, on that allows you to quickly and simply build rich panoramas of your environment. Hence, it’s one I expect to see journalists using fairly quickly.

My collegue Stacey has been enthusiastic about Photosynth since she saw it demoed at the \[second news:rewired\](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/06/newsrewired\_peter\_bale\_of\_microsoft\_uk.html), and it \[crops up on her blog occasionally\](http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/focus/2011/04/landsecs-trinity-leeds-progress-pics.html). You can see why. It’s just such a boon for a property journalist… 

However, I think it has far more application for journalists generally, as a way of getting a very vivid view of a scene or event onto the web. I looked at a fairly perfunctory \[video of a police raid\](http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/video\_footage\_of\_drugs\_raid\_scene\_in\_shoreham\_1\_2577005) in my neck of the woods the other morning. It would have been far more interesting as a panorama of this sort. 

Having this sort of technology right on the iPhone just makes it an even richer potential reporting tool. I did a quick test run of the app out the front of Quadrant House a few minutes ago:

Imagine that sort of thing for a demo, or a sporting event, or a disaster site.

Or, dare I say it, a royal wedding? 

\*\*Related articles\*\*\- \[Microsoft PhotoSynth for iPhone: Snap & Share Panoramas\](http://socialtimes.com/microsoft-photosynth-for-iphone-snap-share-panoramas-2\_b58275) (socialtimes.com)\- \[Microsoft Releases Photosynth For iOS\](http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/04/18/microsoft-releases-photosynth-for-ios/) (mobilecrunch.com)\- \[Microsoft brings cool Photosynth app to iPhone, but not Windows Phone\](http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/18/photosynth-iphone-app/) (venturebeat.com)\- \[Take & Share Interactive Panoramic Photos With New Bing iOS App\](http://mashable.com/2011/04/19/photosynth/) (mashable.com)\- \[Microsoft’s Immersive Photosynth Camera App Lands – On iOS\](http://gigaom.com/mobile/microsofts-immersive-photosynth-camera-app-lands-on-ios/) (gigaom.com) 

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