Viewing media in the context of street-level images

摘要

A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing a virtual environment of a location at street level. In response to user input indicating a request to view a geographic location and/or an additional media object, street-level panoramic image data associated with the geographic location, in which one or more additional media objects also associated with the geographic location have been embedded, may be provided for display through the user interface. The user interface may be provided by a client device including one or more processors that receive hybrid image data produced by one or more processors of a server and display the image data to the user.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for providing image data for display, the method comprising:
determining a media object for display based on a geographic location and a view direction, the media object having a first depiction of at least a portion of a subject proximate the geographic location along the view direction; selecting a panoramic image based on the geographic location, the panoramic image having a second depiction of at least a portion of the subject; and combining the determined media object and the selected panoramic image into a composite panoramic image having the first depiction of the subject in the media object generally aligned with the second depiction of the subject in the selected panoramic image in accordance with the view direction.