Adding Street view to Google maps

[john Eastwell]

I have made a simple app which uses the list picker to select a Google map; this works fine but I cannot see how to then go to the Google street view on the selected map.

[SteveJG]

"The list picker is used to select a Google map."  OK, how do you do that John?    Are you capturing a regular Google Map or a Static Map?     Are you using the WebViewer or the ActivityStarter.

If you use a static map and call up a url, I do not believe streetview is an option, however if you are using a regular Google Map you should be able to use Google's controls on the screen.

Do you have Google's StreetView app installed on your device?   I think that needs to be installed as a separate app to use streetview on a device  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.street&hl=en  

This might be some other problem.  Since we on the forum can not see your blocks or exactly how you are invoking the map, could you post a screen capture (jpg or png) of your relevant blocks calling for the map or possibly a  capture of the Google screen you can view?     That will help us to better understand what you got so far and where you might need to go.

Regards,

Steve

[john Eastwell]

Steve

I do have Google maps installed on the device.

I am using the Activity Starter, the relevant blocks are attached. 

[SteveJG]

OK ... you do have Google Maps installed; that is great but do you have Google Maps StreetView?

However, what you are doing is using Google Static Maps (I can tell from your coding :)  )... ;static' maps work differently from the basic Google Maps.  Static maps allow you to use :

The Google Static Maps API to create maps in several formats, listed below:

• roadmap (default) specifies a standard roadmap image, as is normally shown on the Google Maps website. If no maptype value is specified, the Static Maps API serves roadmap tiles by default.
• satellite specifies a satellite image.
• terrain specifies a physical relief map image, showing terrain and vegetation.
• hybrid specifies a hybrid of the satellite and roadmap image, showing a transparent layer of major streets and place names on the satellite image.

Notice the options do not include StreetView.

You may be able to get a StreetView image by using this info in the Activity.Starter URI:  https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/streetview/    using the StreetView API  .

Try some things.   Let us know the results of your experiments and if you find a solution that works, please post it here.     I think you probably can do this (I have not tried it but expect there is enough info in the Google developers info to get it working with AI2).

Regards,

Steve

[Taifun]

see here https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2841694?hl=en

Access Street View

1. Open the Google Maps app .
2. Search for a place.
3. Touch the info sheet at the bottom of the screen and select Street View.

Taifun

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[john Eastwell]

Taifun

Many thanks that was the solution, I hadn't realised that on the android google map I could access streetview in that way.

[SteveJG]

Here is what you need to do John:

It is extremely simple to get a Street view image. and you can do it with AI2 WebViewer.

Regards,

Steve