Deep Zoom Photo Map

I decided to try out the Deep Zoom Composer and create a Deep Zoom Image of our trip using Microsoft Silverlight. The results are posted in the top box in the right pane. If you don't have Silverlight installed, it is about a 2 minute download and installation process, and well worth the effort.

Silverlight is Microsoft's new web technology that does everything Flash does and a lot more. In the Deep Zoom map, I've laid out some of my favorite photos from the trip in the vicinity in which they were taken. To explore the Deep Zoom image, you can grab the map and move it within the frame, and when you hover over one of the small pictures you can click to zoom in. The arrows will take you backward and forward to spots you've already 'visited'.

You can't really appreciate the full capability within the small space available in Blogger; a larger version would show the high resolution the photos are stored in, within the high resolution map.

Deep Zoom Composer is available as a free download from Microsoft, and the image itself is hosted for free at http://www.deepzoompix.com/. It was very easy to import my photos and lay them out on the picture of the map. Give it a try with your own pictures! I chose to lay mine out on a map, but you can layer and organize yours in any way your creativity inspires you.