Problems with Street View

[Wagonmapper]

I have two problems with Street View in my custom map:

1) The street view itself is much more "fisheyed" (making a street look curved, when it's actually straight.)

2) Once street view is accessed (using the PegMan), there is no way to get back to the map view.

Obviously, I'm missing something. What?

TIA

[Barry Hunter]

1. Its not even 24 hours yet!

2. You might have more luck, by providing more details.

For example a link to the map where you having problem. Maybe its
something specific to your map.

At the very least it seems a screenshot would be very useful to work
out what you having issue with.

(I for one, sort of understand what you asking, but have no idea how
to answer, without context - or more specifics)

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Wagonmapper <robert...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
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[Wagonmapper]

My apologies. This group seemed so "hot" that I thought someone would have responded by now.

The map is at http://www.adopt-a-stop.org/Ver3_map.html.

The panoramic street view is cute, but I find it confusing, unlike the "regular" street view you get with the PegIcon by just going to Google Maps.

TIA for looking at this.

[Rossko]

This looks relevant re mode
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_thread/thread/14d3f620d600529c/09e6f6d233e3da75

[Alan Pearce]

There is a little X in the upper right corner to take you back to map
view.

[Wagonmapper]

I missed that, thanks. Still, I'd prefer it if it my map would exit
street view in the way it does on the regular Google Map display--by
clicking in the zoom out box. I hate having to "retrain" viewers away
from the way that works. Seems unnecessary.

On Feb 7, 7:46 pm, Alan Pearce <alan.pea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a little X in the upper right corner to take you back to mapview.
>
> On Feb 6, 5:23 pm, Wagonmapper <robertwag...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > I have two problems withStreetViewin my custom map:
>

> > 1) Thestreetviewitself is much more "fisheyed" (making astreetlook

> > curved, when it's actually straight.)
>

> > 2) Oncestreetviewis accessed (using the PegMan), there is no way to get

[Enoch Lau (Google Employee)]

Feel free to file a feature request that zooming out takes you out of street view: http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/list

Enoch

[Barry Hunter]

Just make sure file a request for the 'option' - not that it does it
always. :) Please.

I *hate* that feature. I am forever accidently exiting streetview
using the mouse wheel. If you had moved around in streetview, have to
search the map to reconsise the right place to zoom back in.

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[Alan Pearce]

I also hate that feature, both zooming in to and out from street view.
However it should be easy to implement.
There does not appear to be a zoom changed event, which is odd, but
the pov_changed event says it will fire on a zoom change. Just check
the zoom in that event and switch at the desired level.

[Wagonmapper]

It may be relevant, but I don't fully get it. The discussion talks
about rendering modes in various browsers, but seem to say that only
the DOCTYPE declaration can change that. I tried various versions of
DOCTYPE, but it made no difference: I always get the "fisheye" view in
Street View.

All I want is the same kind of undistorted street view that I get
using maps.google.com. Is it impossible in the V3 API?


On Feb 7, 6:45 pm, Rossko <ros...@culzean.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> This looks relevant re modehttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_thread/th...

[Wagonmapper]

That brings up a new point for me: How do you specify ANY options for
the Street View? It seems that it's just whatever Google wants to give
you when you use the PegMan to invoke SV. Am I missing something?

On Feb 8, 7:41 am, Barry Hunter <barrybhun...@gmail.com> wrote :

[Barry Hunter]

Create your own streetviewpanorama object
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#StreetViewPanorama

pass it a specific options Object.

Then attach it to the map (map.setStreetView)

Or it can be done via MapOptions too
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#MapOptions

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[Wagonmapper]

OK, now comes the question: Do any of the StreetView options change
the view from fisheye to "straight on"? I don't see that possibility.

On Feb 10, 7:04 am, Barry Hunter <barrybhun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Create your own streetviewpanorama objecthttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.h...

>
> pass it a specific options Object.
>
> Then attach it to the map (map.setStreetView)
>

> Or it can be done via MapOptions toohttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.h...

>
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Wagonmapper <robertwag...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > That brings up a new point for me: How do you specify ANY options for

> > theStreetView? It seems that it's just whatever Google wants to give

[Barry Hunter]

No. Its automatically applied, if the browser supports it. If the
browser doesnt support warping - they you dont get it.

As noted in the thread Rossko has already kindly provided a link to.