google-street-view

How to check if Google Street View available and display message?

In v3 this has changed a bit. Check out the documentation at http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#StreetViewService The updated code is: var streetViewService = new google.maps.StreetViewService(); var STREETVIEW_MAX_DISTANCE = 100; var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(40.7140, -74.0062); streetViewService.getPanoramaByLocation(latLng, STREETVIEW_MAX_DISTANCE, function (streetViewPanoramaData, status) { if (status === google.maps.StreetViewStatus.OK) { // ok } else { // no street view available in this … Read more

How can I tell if Google’s Streetview Image API Returns “Sorry, we have no imagery here” (ie. NULL) Result?

Consider using StreetViewService and StreetViewStatus objects in Google Maps: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/streetview#StreetViewService Essentially what you’ll have to do is create a StreetViewService object that will try to find a panorama based on location, using the getPanoramaByLocation(latlng:LatLng, radius:number, callback:function(StreetViewPanoramaData, StreetViewStatus)) method. In the callback function, have a conditional argument that will check for the data availability if (status … Read more

Request main road / curbside StreetView panoramas instead of back alleys from API

Use the directions service to get directions from the desired address to itself. Use that location instead of the geocoder result for the street view location. Use the geocoder result (hopefully a ROOFTOP accuracy result) for the place to look “at”. related question: Facing the targeted building with Google StreetView Examples: 325 S Peck Dr, … Read more

Google street view URL

Building a Google Street View URL Basic Google Map URL http://maps.google.com/maps?q= q= Query – anything passed in this parameter is treated as if it had been typed into the query box on the maps.google.com page. Basic url to display GPS cords location http://maps.google.com/maps?q=31.33519,-89.28720 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=&layer=c layer= Activates overlays. Current options are “t” traffic, “c” street view. … Read more