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· Interactive,
High Resolution, 360º images from all around St Andrews
- from the top of the town's spires to the depths of the castle's
siege mine. Over 80 interactive panoramas are organized as a
virtual tour of the town using the 3-D map of St Andrews as a
user interface and are significantly higher resolution than those
which can be transmitted over the Web.
Click to download a sample program (400Kb). Be aware though that it will
load MUCH faster from the CD-ROM
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A Screen Saver of St Andrews - including photographs by several
reknowned local photographers. Now has 70 photos. |
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A Multimedia Screen Saver of the Millennial Kate Kennedy Procession
- featuring voice commentary by David Joy (local historian and
actor) and including 71 images of the entire procession. |
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Video clips - including Archbishop Sharp's murder by Covenanters,
"John Cleese" as the Minister of Silly Walks, and others
from the Kate Kennedy Procession; and the film trailer for Chariots
of Fire featuring St Andrews' West Sands. |
· A Screen
Saver of St Andrews by Night - featuring 36 pictures of buildings
and places as they appear floodlit or lamp-lit at night.
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A Screen Saver of other places around Scotland containing over
100 images. |
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A Virtual Reality Reconstruction of St Andrews Castle as it was
in the Middle Ages. This feature was created by the University
of Abertay's Virtual Heritage Group and is used with their permission.
It provides video tours of the Castle entrance, fore-tower, courtyard,
battlements and Great Hall - even featuring a blazing fire and
tapestries on the walls as they might have been in the castle. |
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Easily accessible Internet Links to the main websites about St
Andrews - town, gown and golf. |
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Interactive jigsaw puzzles of scenes from St Andrews, for amusement. |
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A St Andrews customised version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer
Version 6, the latest and most widely used Internet browser. |
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Ease of Use - On most computers it is simply a matter of inserting
the CDROM into the computer and the user interface menu starts
automatically, allowing easy selection of features of interest. |
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