http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/2009/05/telling-streetview-where-to-point/ Insight on what our engineers are doing Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/2009/05/telling-streetview-where-to-point/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Using Google Street View in Sajara - Azavea Atlas Thu, 14 May 2009 14:44:56 +0000 http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/?p=96#comment-3 [...] In the midst of the Street View awesomeness, there was one tiny, frustrating issue. The Street View is set to automatically show whatever Google has established as the default view for that address or intersection. This means that it’s sometimes necessary to navigate up and down the street or pan the view in order to see the mural or the location that matches the historic photo. However, thanks to the work of Carissa, one of our software developers, we’ve found a way around that problem. Carissa built an administrative tool that lets us set the angle and viewpoint of the Street View for any asset. We simply adjust the angle until we have the perfect view and then click “Save” to set that view as the default. Now, whenever the Street View is opened for that asset, it will show the perfect angle with no panning or navigating necessary. To find out more of the technical details of how Carissa solved the problem, read her entry over at Azavea Labs. [...] [...] In the midst of the Street View awesomeness, there was one tiny, frustrating issue. The Street View is set to automatically show whatever Google has established as the default view for that address or intersection. This means that it’s sometimes necessary to navigate up and down the street or pan the view in order to see the mural or the location that matches the historic photo. However, thanks to the work of Carissa, one of our software developers, we’ve found a way around that problem. Carissa built an administrative tool that lets us set the angle and viewpoint of the Street View for any asset. We simply adjust the angle until we have the perfect view and then click “Save” to set that view as the default. Now, whenever the Street View is opened for that asset, it will show the perfect angle with no panning or navigating necessary. To find out more of the technical details of how Carissa solved the problem, read her entry over at Azavea Labs. [...]

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