Readme PTViewer:
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PTViewer is a free and open spherical and cylindrical Panorama Viewer running under Java 1.0.4 and above. View any spherical 360 x 180 degree or cylindrical Panorama (equirectangular projection). Download the example package and read the documentation at my website.

Images for PTViewer can be generated using commercial packages (Apple, LivePicture, SmoothMove) or using the free Panorama Tools from this site.

This package also includes the extension PTMViewer, which enables PTViewer to play back QTVR panoramas and object movies, see the documentation here.

Files in this package:

- Readme.html This file
- Changes.html The changelog of previous versions of PTViewer
- Copying.html The license for PTViewer and all extensions.
- Applet/ptviewer.jar The java class ptviewer.class compressed as jar file. This is the basic panorama viewer without any extensions.This file has to be loaded by the html-browser to display panoramas. It is recommended to also install the ptviewer.class file since some browsers can not read compressed jar-files.
- QTVR/ptviewer.jar This version of PTViewer additionally includes the classes required for QTVR-files (cylinders, cubes, and object movies) and for rectilinear images (PTZoom).
- BigApplet&Application/ptviewer.jar The bundled and compressed java classes for the applet and application, including all extensions. This jar file also serves as standalone program on Windows and Unix platforms.
- Applet&Application/ptviewer.sit.hqx Standalone program version of PTViewer for Macintosh. This file has to be decompressed using Stuffit.

Enjoy.

Helmut Dersch
der@fh-furtwangen.de

Copyright © 2001 H. Dersch