Some new technology is allowing people to merge more than 50-separate digital photos into a single image with amazing resolution.
First take a look at this shot of the parking lot of the Golden Gate Bridge... and zoom in.
It runs on the same engine as Google Earth.
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=6
Then check out this report from the UK's Times Online, regarding the device that makes it all possible. The amazing billion-pixel panorama:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/audio_video/times_online_tv/?vxSiteId=d8fa78dc-d7ad-4d5a-8886-e420d4bc4200&vxChannel=Times%20Online%20News&vxClipId=1152_timesonline0664&vxBitrate=300