Fun and informative ways of looking at London - links

A little bit of active looking goes a long way -- here are a bunch of panoramas and 3D view - and 3D films of London. A modicum of looking repays dividends

http://www.sphericalimages.com/aerial

http://www.sphericalimages.com/photos/london-aerial-cityscape-360-panorama

http://www.sphericalimages.com/videos/thames-speedboat-360-video

http://visualise.com/news/2013/08/st-pauls-cathedral-360-degree-time-lapse-video 

http://visualise.com/videos/london-360-time-lapse-from-st-pauls-cathedral

http://visualise.com/panoramas/gigapixel-panorama-of-london-from-st-pauls-cathedral

http://visualise.com/videos/london-eye-360-video-24-hour-time-lapse-high-resolution

http://visualise.com/photos/occupy-london-protest-the-times

http://visualise.com/panoramas/east-london-at-night-deep-zoom

http://visualise.com/videos/thames-time-lapse-360-night

http://visualise.com/videos/thames-time-lapse-360-video

http://visualise.com/videos/borough-market-360-video

Visualisation of land surface temperature across Greater London on a hot summer day  [Arup/UK Space Agency] 

Arup heat-mapping London during the recent Heat Wave http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2013/aug/arup-gis-london-heat-island.cfm

Skyscrapers, an infantile disorder?

A good friend remarked as we passed by on the 25 bus, "What has happened to the London Skyline? It looks like someone has tipped out the shapes from a a toddlers posting box and stood them on end as buildings...." . It is hard to disagree.

On further talk , my artist friend made a telling point, "Trouble with Architects they think art is about shape. To artists it is the relationships, particularly of shape to space, but also the wider relationships that count".

Anyroad-up. The result of this speculative waste of money is that London will be bequeathed a series of landmarks to navigate by as effective as rock formations "the Bridestone" "Old Mother Baking Bread" and "the Pepper Pot" in Derbyshire.

Pepper Pot

Cheese Wedge

Gherkin

Walkie Talkie

Shard (baby shard to come!)