Tatra peaks and valleys from a plane. Check new aerial video-map

Filmed in 360° virtual reality technology.

(Source: Youtube/Slovensko z neba)

It is possible to get to know the High Tatras thanks to 360° technology. Pilot Milan Paprčka, cartographer Bohuš Schwarzbacher and graphic artist Milan Jančovič created an aerial video-map of the High Tatras using this technology.

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Tatras travel guide: A fresh take on the stunning soul of Slovakia.Tatras travel guide: A fresh take on the stunning soul of Slovakia. (Source: Spectacular Slovakia)

The High Tatras are probably the first and only mountains in the world that may boast this kind of map, opined Paprčka.

“I placed a 360° camera at the bottom of the plane and it shot everything around,” said the pilot and aerial photographer Milan Paprčka, as quoted by the SITA newswire. “It is similar to a Google car, which has such a camera on the roof and it is going around the streets.”

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