How to make 360 degree flash/polar panoramas

Ever watched Google street view? It's a cool online product by Google where you can watch the streets in a 360 degree panoramic look. When I saw it i thought that it could be cool to make some panoramas by myself. After a bit of surfing I came over some programs and after that I went out with my camera.

Step 1 What will you need?

For doing the panoramas you will need the following things:
 
1. Camera
2. Tripod
3. Computer with the following software (there are other software too but I did use these):
                                             autostitch  www.autostitch.net
                                             Panoweaver  www.easypano.com - for the flash panoramas
                                             Adobe Photoshop www.adobe.com - for the polar panoramas