One World Trade Center: Before + After
Before | 2005: 1st Generation High resolution 360° captured via remote camera payload on DDIS custom surveillance aerostat. This 360° spherical panorama was taken at the approximate height of the future observation deck, 9 years prior to building completion.
Photograph by Digital Design & Imaging Service, Inc. Copyright 2014. All Rights Reserved.
After | 2014: Gigapixel resolution 360° captured from a mounted, computer-controlled camera on One World Trade Center Spire. This 360° spherical panorama was taken a few hundred feet higher than the currently built observation deck.
Photograph by Jonathan D. Woods and Michael Franz for TIME; Stitching: Gavin D. Farrell; Compositing: Meghan P. Farrell; Color: Claudio Palmisano/10b | Source: WTC.gigapan.com/wtc/