Click on the photo below to view a fascinating 360 degree photo of the interior of the Ocracoke Lighthouse, just one of many photospheres on OcracokeNavigator. You can use your mouse to vary the speed of rotation, and to peer up into the top of the tower.
(Because of a software incompatibility, photospheres may not display properly when viewed with Chrome on a smart phone.)
To date, Stefen has published 20 photospheres of Ocracoke cultural heritage sites, cemeteries, natural areas, and historic buildings. Follow this link for more information: https://www.ocracokenavigator.com/photo-sphere-map/.
This month's Ocracoke Newsletter is Allie (Teenie) Scott's 1968 story of Simon Garrish, Jr. and the US Life-Saving horse, Sambo. You can read it by clicking here: www.villagecraftsmen.com/news042116.htm.
My aging software is too soft to accommodate the Ocracoke navigator link. Boo Hoo. What an effort though, to put OI at the fingertips of the masses. Kudos to Stefen.
ReplyDeleteThey're awesome!
ReplyDeleteFascinating! Beautifully done! Especially like the photo sphere of the lighthouse at night!!!
ReplyDeleteI looked in the Apple App Store but did not see the app. If it is a smartphone app, where do i go to get it? Or is it just the website? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteStefen here. Ocracoke Navigator is what we call a Web app. It is a website that functions much like a native app. There is no app to download from the app store. Once you have loaded the site, from your phone's browser menu, there is usually a way to "add to home screen." This will place a shortcut icon on your home screen that looks like an app button.
I love it!
ReplyDeleteI looked at it on my smartphone with Chrome right on Philip's blog yesterday.
If you are in mobile you must go to web version which you'll find at the very end of the post.
It is below the soaps pic on the right.
Then you can add it to your home screen and/or bookmark if you like.
can I look at these pictures on my decktop pc??if so, how? I don't want to use my phone to view these pictures I want my 32" monitor. so , how?
ReplyDeleteOcracokeNavigator.com works equally well on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Simply type in the URL and click "Enter." Ocracoke Navigator is what is called a Web app. It is a website, but it also functions like a phone app.
DeleteI can't get any of them to work other than the inside of the lighthouse. I used windows and apple operating systems. A map comes up with locations around town, you click on it and a comment comes up but NO pictures like ths inside of the L.house. kt
ReplyDeleteKeep posted. I will ask Stefen to reply to this question.
DeleteAfter you click one of the map markers, an info window will pop up. Near the bottom of that window is a "more information" link that you must click. This will bring you to a page with information about that particular point of interest. From there, you will see circular icons in the gallery. Each of those icons is a link that will load a different photo sphere.
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