Photorealistic Texture Maps Through Inverse Panorama Photography

As soon as I saw this photo from panocamera.com on
Boing Boing, I knew instantly what it was -- a hi-res cylindrical texture map for a 3d game.


I was hoping there would be a few more photos, but the explanation of how it was done should inspire other 3d artists to do the same, creating some really photorealistic texture maps in the future.