A number of aerial, 360° panoramic photos and videos have been taken with the aim of finding new holes or investigating those in places that are difficult to access. An early success (early 2018) was the discovery of Torca del Dron (site 4669), a few metres down off the track at Los Cantones (the top end of the TV Mast track).
    The photos and videos are presented here so that interested cavers can compare them with annotated maps and photographs supplied through Google Earth, OruxMaps or other sources.
    (The Matienzo QGIS map has layers accessing Pangazer with most these photos and videos so people who have downloaded the map (version 181015 or later) do not need to load either PanGazer or the panoramas from this page.)
   The latest overview map (8/10/2022) shows the extent of video tracks (blue) and orange panorama circles with the 2021 & 2022 permit areas and cave centre lines. After the February 2022 visit, 6 panos and 4 videos were added to South Vega west. After the Easter expedition, 2 videos and 2 panos were added. After the summer expedition, 4 videos and 7 panoramas were added.

Photo panoramas
    The 120 aerial panoramas (marked on the maps with fading blue circles) are 360° panoramas (22 or 23 photos stitched together; large size - about 120Mb) taken by drone flying some tens of metres above the ground. The images should be viewed with PanGazer to get the most from them. Some photos are more informative than others and have been taken in different lighting conditions. Some may have site number(s) and/or compass points superimposed to aid orientation or highlight features.
    When a thumbnail jpg below is left-clicked, a larger version is shown. Each panorama is indicated as a dark blue fading circle and has a code displayed: date and video number. A left-click over each dark blue fading circle will view the (distorted) 360° aerial panorama file. Right-clicking over a dark blue circle will download the aerial panorama file (Save link as...) for subsequent viewing in PanGazer.

Photo viewer - Pangazer.
   Pangazer, a program written by Mike Cowlishaw and highly suited to viewing 360° drone panoramas. As well as rotation and zoom, features include multiple views, addition of compass points, a link to Google Maps to show where the panorama was taken, and the facility to save the screen view at any point.
   The PanGazer website has complete instructions and a download page. The program folder can be installed anywhere and you may wish to put a shortcut to the appropriate exe file on the desktop. Once PanGazer is started, the panorama files can be dragged into the app window or loaded from the Image/Open new image... menu. Two screens are a definite advantage to compare an aerial panorama photo with a map.

Videos
   These are edited aerial videos on YouTube: left-click to view. A kml file for Google Earth and a map are provided for nearly all the flight paths. However, the drone's camera was not necessarily switched on through the whole flight and / or sections of the flight video may have been edited out. There may also be "extra" flight path where the drone flew out and back to take a panorama.
    Most of each video has a view point looking straight down although there are often oblique views at the beginning and / or end of each video. Every flight path has red chevrons indicating the direction of travel.

Juan Corrin, 2018 - 2022, May 2024

El Naso --> over Cubija

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