Malta Guide - Features
The Republic of Malta is a small and densely-populated island nation in southern Europe. It consists of an archipelago in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy and north of Africa. These strategically-located islands have been ruled and fought over by various powers over the centuries.

Malta - Toursim
Malta has many museums, shops, beaches, and leisure activities in a densely-packed area. It is a well-known popular vacation destination among Europeans. Although Malta is now a member of the European Union, it is not a member of the Schengen Treaty yet. It is currently adopting Schengen regulations with the goal to be finished by 2007.

Malta - VR Malta - About this tour.
The VR Malta website is published by Red Door VR Ltd. Leeds UK.

Equipment used for producting the panoramic images comprised:
Canon EOS 1Ds full frame digital SLR.
15mm - 30mm wide angle lens.
Manfrotto 303SPH 'VR Tripod Head'
Manfrotto 338 Levelling Device
Manfrotto Tripod
RDB027 Bubble Level.
Images were photographed as 3 rows of 10 photos, horizon, 45 degrees up and 45 degrees down.
Images were then 'stitched' to produce a panoramic strip image using Stitcher, retouched and colour corrected (enhanced?!) in Photoshop then converted to low res web-streaming Quicktime VR Movies using Cubic Converter (Mac OSX only!).

You may find these additional guides to Malta useful:

Malta.com

aboutmalta.com

visitmalta.com

Our photo trip was taken in October 2005, sampling a MaltaBargains Holiday, with Flights by BritishAir, staying at the 'Venus ApartHotel' in Qawra, Malta.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Malta".

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