Stereographic Projections and Equirectangular Panoramas

Has anyone had any experience with these types of photos? I'm really keen to try them, but would like some tips and advice on how to produce them.

Stereographic Projection
http://flickr.com/phot​os/nerbas/2280398636/

Created from this Equirectangular Panorama ( not my pics)
http://flickr.com …278191946/in/ph​otostream/

Thanks in advance

PS. I hope this hasn't been covered, I searched.

AutoPano is great for stitching. Every questions imaginable has bee answered more than twice on the AutoPano forums: here

You will make your panorama shooting life much easier if you:

- get a panoramic tripod head
- use manual exposure and manual white balance
- allow copious amounts of overlap between images

Here's how you can shoot it: <click>
Here's how you can stitch it: <click>