The Laval Outdoor HDR Dataset
Full-HDR high resolution outdoor panoramas
This dataset contains 205 high resolution outdoor panoramas, captured using a Canon 5D Mark III and a robotic panoramic tripod head. Each capture was multi-exposed (22 f-stops) and is fully HDR, without any saturation. Panoramas were stitched from 6 captures (60 degrees azimuth increment) and were captured in a wide variety of outdoor environments.
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To obtain the dataset, you can:
- Request full access to the dataset if you are an academic researcher. First fill the End User Licence Agreement and return it to Jean-Francois Lalonde by email at jflalonde at gel dot ulaval dot ca. For other uses, see Usage below.
- Consult this preview where all the dataset is exposed in a single page. The data is however tonemapped (LDR), of limited resolution (512x256), and JPEG compressed, so it should only be used as an overview.
Usage
This data is available for general use by academic or non-profit, or government-sponsored researchers. This license does not grant the right to use this dataset or any derivation of it for commercial activities. For commercial use or redistribution, please contact Jean-Francois Lalonde at jflalonde at gel dot ulaval dot ca.
If you use this data in a publication, we ask you to cite this paper:
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge Adobe for funding this project. We also thank Sébastien Poitras for his help with data capture. Thanks also to Dominic Bilodeau, Louis-Emile Robitaille and Frédéric St-Pierre who participated in earlier iterations of the data capture process.