What's New at VirtualParks

What's New at VirtualParks
Feb '07¬ Revamped site wrapper Jan '07¬ Converting site to use XHTML. Still lots of work to be done eliminating tables, etc. NOTE: BitPass, the micropayments vendor for all VirtualParks premium content, has announced they are discontinuing service. Consequently all VirtualParks premium content went offline January 26th 2007 until a replacement micropayments system is available. "On January 26, 2007, all US Bitpass Buyer accounts will be closed and BitPass/Digital River will begin the process of refunding all unspent monies to the accountholder." Apologies for any inconvenience you may experience. Jan '05¬ Cleaned up stylesheet Sep '03¬ Fixed a bug in the Gallery where it was not being updated Aug '03¬ Restored the 'map this scene link' since Xerox Mapserver has gone away Jul '03¬ Created a Premium Content section of VirtualParks Apr '03¬ Fixed a number of broken links on the site. Mar '03¬ Made the bottom navigation bar more useful; it was the last element remaining from the 1996 design Feb '03¬ A trip description has been posted for my Eastern Sierra Fall Color '97 trip. Jan '03¬ You can now order a print of this scene from the IQTVRA gallery. Jan '03¬ After enduring ~2,000,000 http 404's for favicon.ico, put a favicon up. Dec '02¬ You want full-screen panoramas--you got full screen panoramas. You are in control of the panorama sizing: size your browser window to the size you want the panorama to be and then view the scene, or if already viewing it, press the "Reload" button (previously pano size was set at about 80% of browser window size and capped at 1000 pixels wide.) Sep '02¬ Some scenes with a "bright cast" problem have been adjusted in Photoshop and re-uploaded to the site. Aug '02¬ Sierra Nevada maps updated to make it easier to find parks there Jul '02¬ Check out VRlog, my weblog covering developments in the VR world Jun '02¬ Eliminated links to panoramas which are offline May '02¬ Updated look, updated map pages Apr '02¬ Info on Earth Day Events in the Bay Area provided Mar '02¬ Write-up on the John Muir Trail trip #2 added Jan '02¬ Info on using the Coolpix 5000 for shooting panoramas added. Dec '01¬ Scenes now have a hierarchical navigation path at the top of every page. Nov '01¬ Frames Be Gone! Now both bookmarks and links to specific scenes or sub-pages will make much more sense. Oct '01¬ Many panoramas added Sep '01¬ Has anyone used the CrossOver Plugin to view panoramas on Linux? If so, please let me know how VirtualParks worked for you. O'Reilly has an article on this new product. Sep '01¬ Support for Internet Explorer v6 added (it no longer supports Netscape plugins) Sep '01¬ Based on user feedback, a New Territories section lists newly added panoramas Sep '01¬ The site design has been updated for the first time since it was created in1995/6 Sep '01¬ All key global site navigation options are now shown at the top of each page Sep '01¬ The Geographical navigation option has been added, and it starts at a higher level view Aug '01¬ A bug was fixed which cropped certain listings of panoramas at 32K long Aug '01¬ A way for viewers to support the site has been added

Feb '07¬ Revamped site wrapper
Jan '07¬ Converting site to use XHTML. Still lots of work to be done eliminating tables, etc.
NOTE: BitPass, the micropayments vendor for all VirtualParks premium content, has announced they are discontinuing service. Consequently all VirtualParks premium content went offline January 26th 2007 until a replacement micropayments system is available.
"On January 26, 2007, all US Bitpass Buyer accounts will be closed and BitPass/Digital River will begin the process of refunding all unspent monies to the accountholder."

Apologies for any inconvenience you may experience.
Jan '05¬ Cleaned up stylesheet
Sep '03¬ Fixed a bug in the Gallery where it was not being updated
Aug '03¬ Restored the 'map this scene link' since Xerox Mapserver has gone away
Jul '03¬ Created a Premium Content section of VirtualParks
Apr '03¬ Fixed a number of broken links on the site.
Mar '03¬ Made the bottom navigation bar more useful; it was the last element remaining from the 1996 design
Feb '03¬ A trip description has been posted for my Eastern Sierra Fall Color '97 trip.
Jan '03¬ You can now order a print of this scene from the IQTVRA gallery.
Jan '03¬ After enduring ~2,000,000 http 404's for favicon.ico, put a favicon up.
Dec '02¬ You want full-screen panoramas--you got full screen panoramas. You are in control of the panorama sizing: size your browser window to the size you want the panorama to be and then view the scene, or if already viewing it, press the "Reload" button (previously pano size was set at about 80% of browser window size and capped at 1000 pixels wide.)
Sep '02¬ Some scenes with a "bright cast" problem have been adjusted in Photoshop and re-uploaded to the site.
Aug '02¬ Sierra Nevada maps updated to make it easier to find parks there
Jul '02¬ Check out VRlog, my weblog covering developments in the VR world
Jun '02¬ Eliminated links to panoramas which are offline
May '02¬ Updated look, updated map pages
Apr '02¬ Info on Earth Day Events in the Bay Area provided
Mar '02¬ Write-up on the John Muir Trail trip #2 added
Jan '02¬ Info on using the Coolpix 5000 for shooting panoramas added.
Dec '01¬ Scenes now have a hierarchical navigation path at the top of every page.
Nov '01¬ Frames Be Gone! Now both bookmarks and links to specific scenes or sub-pages will make much more sense.
Oct '01¬ Many panoramas added
Sep '01¬ Has anyone used the CrossOver Plugin to view panoramas on Linux? If so, please let me know how VirtualParks worked for you. O'Reilly has an article on this new product.
Sep '01¬ Support for Internet Explorer v6 added (it no longer supports Netscape plugins)
Sep '01¬ Based on user feedback, a New Territories section lists newly added panoramas
Sep '01¬ The site design has been updated for the first time since it was created in1995/6
Sep '01¬ All key global site navigation options are now shown at the top of each page
Sep '01¬ The Geographical navigation option has been added, and it starts at a higher level view
Aug '01¬ A bug was fixed which cropped certain listings of panoramas at 32K long
Aug '01¬ A way for viewers to support the site has been added