
It is the largest photo ever taken on New York's incredible skyline.

Made up up 2,000 individual images electronically stitched together, if printed out at a standard photo resolution of 300DPI, it would be 18 meters or 57 feet wide, and 9 meters / 28 feet tall.

Photographer Jeffrey Martin spent two days on top of the Empire State Building taking the images before putting them together into a stunning 360 degree panoramic image.

Drag your mouse around the image to see the New York Skyline

The final image has a resolution of 203,200 x 101,600 making it the biggest picture of New York even taken.

Using a standard Canon 5Dsr camera with a 135mm lens, Martin said the images took four hours in total to collect.

'I discovered panoramic photography in the year 2000 after getting my first digital camera (a canon digital elph) which came with its own primitive panorama stitching software,' he said.

Working with his brother, he developed the software needed to stitch together the images.

The same team has previously created a similar view of London.

The final image has a resolution of 203,200 x 101,600 making it the biggest picture of New York even taken.

If printed out at a standard photo resolution of 300DPI, the image would be 18 meters or 57 feet wide, and 9 meters / 28 feet tall.

Using 48,000 individual frames, photographers have created the world's largest panoramic image of the British capital, allowing you to explore England's capital like never before.

Taken from the top of the BT Tower, London's tenth largest building, the interactive picture offers a 360-degree view that lets you weave through the architectural maelstrom and even occasionally stumble upon some greenery.

HOW IT WAS DONE Photographer Jeffrey Martin took 2,000 individual images with a standard Canon 5Dsr. They were taken for the top of the Empire State Building. Using software he developed himself, he then electronically stitched these together. If printed out at a standard photo resolution of 300DPI, it would be 18 meters or 57 feet wide, and 9 meters / 28 feet tall. Photographer Jeffrey Martin took 2,000 individual images with a standard Canon 5Dsr from the top of the Empire State Building. Advertisement

The team used four Canon EOS 7D cameras to record the 48,640 images.

They were mounted on Clauss company Rodeon VR Head ST robotic panorama heads and positioned in four secure locations around the platform.

The robotic heads are capable of 72,000 steps in a single 360 degree arc and the cameras here were set to fire four frames a second.

Laptops monitored a live preview of the images.

The team behind the photo have also hidden a BT mascot in the image, with prizes up for grabs for those who find him.

The image was taken from the BT Tower's 29th floor - with the horizon 20 miles in the distance.

Suzi Williams from BT, who sponsored the picture, said: 'What better way to capture that remarkable year than with a full panoramic photograph taken from its roof. This isn’t just a world record for the BT Tower, it’s for London and the people who live, work in or visit the capital.'

The interactive map invites Londoners, or indeed anybody with a soft spot for the capital, to mark their favourite views or places on it.

The director of 360Cities described how his photography team of Jeffrey Martin, Tom Mills and Holger Schulze had to battle the elements to capture the image.

The trio had to endure below freezing conditions and were battered by gusts of winds of up to 50mph.

Steve Hercher said: 'So many unknowns and variables had to be addressed in the planning of this unprecedented shoot, really the first of its kind.

'Software and hardware were pushed to the limits, and rain, wind and other potential stumbling blocks had to be dealt with.