Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner
Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner August 17th, 2026 — 4,600 words Over the past few months, I've been working on using an industrial linear scanning camera to take very wide photos out of trains and ferries. I presented a talk on this project at EMFcamp 2026, which you can watch below or read on for the same story in more detail: What am I even looking at? The process of capturing an image like the one of the container port above.
- ▪Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner August 17th, 2026 — 4,600 words Over the past few months, I've been working on using an industrial linear scanning camera to take very wide photos out of trains and ferries.
- ▪I presented a talk on this project at EMFcamp 2026, which you can watch below or read on for the same story in more detail: What am I even looking at?
- ▪The process of capturing an image like the one of the container port above.
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| Original publisher | Philo |
| Canonical URL | https://philo.gay/linecam/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:43:54 +0000 |
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Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner August 17th, 2026 — 4,600 words Over the past few months, I've been working on using an industrial linear scanning camera to take very wide photos out of trains and ferries. Getting it working has been quite the challenge, but I think the results speak for themselves. var viewer = OpenSeadragon({ id: "openseadragon1", prefixUrl: "openseadragon/images/", tileSources: "Oakland.dzi" }); taken on the San Francisco to Oakland ferry in February 2026 (56,894x2,048 pixel grayscale image); scroll to zoom in and click and drag to move More pictures are on display in the gallery.
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