What is "panorama"

Panorama \Pan`o*ra"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, pa^n, all + ? that which is seen, a view, fr. ? to see. See Pan-, and Wary.]

1. A complete view in every direction.

2. Hence: A comprehensive survey of a particular topic; also, a broad view of the development of a series of events.

3. A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.

4. A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator.

1796, "a painting on a revolving cylindrical surface," coined c.1789 by inventor, Irish artist Robert Barker, literally "a complete view," from pan- "all" + Greek horama "sight, spectacle, that which is seen," from horan "to look, see," possibly from PIE root *wer- (4) "to perceive" (see ward (n.)). Meaning "comprehensive survey" is 1801.\n

n. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.

1. n. the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista]

2. a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene [syn: cyclorama, diorama]

A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "sight") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images or a three-dimensional model. The word was originally coined in the 18th century by the English (Irish descent) painter Robert Barker to describe his panoramic paintings of Edinburgh and London. The motion-picture term panning is derived from panorama.

A panoramic view is also purposed for multi-media, cross-scale applications to an outline overview (from a distance) along and across repositories. This so-called "cognitive panorama" is a panoramic view over, and a combination of, cognitive spaces used to capture the larger scale.

Panorama is a weekly Italian-language news magazine published in Italy and based in Milan.

A panorama is a visual image display format in art or photography.

Panorama or panoramic may also refer to:

Panorama is the third studio album by American new wave band The Cars, released in 1980.

Panorama is a BBC Television current affairs documentary programme. First broadcast in 1953, it is the world's longest-running current affairs television programme. Panorama has been presented by many well known BBC presenters, including Richard Dimbleby, Robin Day, David Dimbleby and Jeremy Vine. In 2014, it still retains a peak time transmission slot on BBC One, but without a regular presenter. The programme also airs worldwide through BBC World News on digital services, satellite and cable in many countries.

Panorama project is the set of geoinformation technologies, which includes professional GIS "MAP 2005", professional vectorizer of electronic maps "Panorama-Editor", developer tools for various platforms ( Windows and Linux) "GIS Toolkit", system of accounting and registration of landownership (SARL) and some specialized applications.

Panorama is a database engine and development environment for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows.

Panorama is the second album by Braintax, released in 2006.

Panorama was a quarterly colour newsreel series that focused on "human interest" stories in 1944. It only lasted for that year, since the Third Reich fell in the spring of 1945, before another installment could be produced. The four reels that were made are a source for colour images of the Germany and occupied Europe in the last full year of Nazi domination.

Panorama supposedly focused on "human interest" stories in 1944, such as harvesting but also army training.

Panorama, stylized as [panorama], is the 2nd album of the Filipino band, 6cyclemind. It has 16 tracks and released under BMG Records Pilipinas in 2005.

"Panorama" is the ninth single from Japanese voice actress and singer Nana Mizuki.

The single was ranked #14 on the Japanese Oricon charts.

Panorama is a line layout and text composition engine to render text in various worldwide languages made by Bitstream Inc.. Panorama uses Font Fusion as the base to support rendering of the text. The engine allows the user to manage different text formatting aspects like spacing, alignment, style effects (bold, embossed, outline, drop shadows etc.).

Panorama provides support for OpenType font tables leading to automatic character substitution for ligatures, swashes, scientific figures, etc. Panorama supports three anti-aliasing modes - monochrome, grayscale, and LCD optimized (Horizontal and Vertical).

Panorama is an annual music competition of steelbands from Trinidad and Tobago. It is usually held around Carnival time.

Panorama is a daily newspaper published in Gibraltar. It was founded in December 1975 by journalist Joe Garcia who has edited it since then. It was first published as a weekly newspaper and became a daily in 2002. It was the first Gibraltar newspaper to establish an online edition, in 1997. From its inception, the paper has been a strong defender of the Freedom of the Press, and believes in publishing the views of all sectors of Gibraltar society. Its editor Joe Garcia was the first Gibraltar journalist to receive an award in The Queen's Honours List for his services to journalism in Gibraltar and overseas. He has written extensively about Gibraltar in publications abroad, such as the London Financial Times (for 25 years) and Spain's leading daily El Pais (for 10 years).

Panoramic paintings during the Romantic Era captured all 360 degrees of a scene. Typically shown in rotundas for viewing, panoramas were meant to be so lifelike they confused the spectator between what was real and what was image.

'Panorama ' is a newspaper published in Albania. It is among the best-selling newspapers in the country. Its weekly supplement is called Panorama Plus.

Panorama is the main news program on TVP2. The main edition is broadcast at 18:00 every day. This program was created in 1991. In 2010, "Panorama" watched by an average of 1.5 million Poles.

Since 2016, the editor-in-chief of "Panorama" is Piotr Lichota.

Panorama is a historic estate in Montross, Virginia. The 2.5 story brick Colonial Revival house, located on an estate of over , was built in 1932 to a design by Joseph Evans Sperry for local politician and attorney Charles E. Stuart, and has been virtually unaltered since its construction. The building is sited between the two branches of Chandler's Mill Pond, and has two main facades, one facing the long drive from the road, and the other facing south toward the lake. The house is prominently visible from the Kings Highway ( Virginia Route 3), which crosses the Chandler's Mill Pond Dam.

Panorama is strikingly similar to historic Bushfield, home of John Augustine Washington, brother of George Washington. The exterior design mimics the Colonial Revival renovations at Bushfield, which features the same dual facades, one a 3-bay entrance with projecting central block and the other a mounmental 2-story portico. The interior staircase in Panorama is a mirror image of Bushfield Manor's.

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

The estate in Montross was given the name “Panorama” for a former Stuart home in King George County. The original mansion occupied a high ridge overlooking the Chotank Creek and Potomac Valley and perhaps was rightly named. It was situated on the same range of hills as the “Salisbury,” "Hilton,” and “Litchfield” estates and was named for its beautiful landscape. The Greek revival styled mansion was two-story and set in a wide lawn adorned by beautiful trees.

The original Panorama estate was purchased by Richard Stuart of “Cedar Grove” in the early 1830s, for his only daughter Margaret Robinson Stuart, who married Thomas Lunsford Lomax. The later, in the mid 1830s, built the original Panorama mansion where they raised three sons and two daughters. In the early 1850s, the Lomax family scattered upon the early death of Thomas Lunsford Lomax. The estate then reverted to Margaret Robinson (Stuart) Lomax’s brother, Doctor Richard Henry Stuart of “Cleydael.” The Stuart family enjoyed the Panorama mansion primarily as a summer home as they feared malaria on the Chotank Creek and Potomac River which bordered their Cedar Grove estate. In 1889 Dr. Richard Henry Stuart willed Panorama to his daughter, Margaret Stuart, who was married to Major Robert Waterman Hunter, CSA. Around 1910, the home was deserted as a dwelling. Sometime later, the 1700 acre Panorama estate was purchased by Harry T. Berry who farmed and raised livestock on the property. In doing so, Harry Berry used the deserted mansion for grain storage. The original Panorama mansion stood unoccupied through at least 1958; sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s, it caught fire and was ruined. In 1997, Bluegreen Properties of Virginia purchased the property and developed the Meadows at Dahlgren subdivision. All that remains of the original estate is a 1/3 mile portion of the road that leads north from the Old County Road to where the original estate once proudly stood.

"Panorama" is a 1980 song by The Cars from their third studio album, Panorama. It was written by Ric Ocasek. Despite not being released as a single, the song has since become "a cult favorite".