Hey I’m just wondering if google maps api allows to use your own private 360 photos for street view?
I am planning to make an app for my University for new students to navigate and can use street view to navigate through out the campus or to view a specific location. However google maps does not have street view within my University except just the roads, so is it possible for me to use my own 360 photos and use it on the google maps api and have custom locations on the map for example like a specific class room.
Google Maps API doesn’t support uploading your 360-degree photos for Street View. But it is possible to use the Street View Publish API to upload and integrate your own photos.
This will allow you to create a custom Street View for your campus easily.
There’s a second method which might be useful for you, it is possible use a custom map overlay to display your 360-degree photos. And keep in mind you will probably need to use OAuth 2.0 authentication for API access, it is for controlled and secure access to Google APIs.
To work with it, you can use Curl in the terminal. It’s a pretty basic method to begin with if you’re not familiar with other stuff.
Check these two links for more information:
- Google Street View Publish API
- Google Maps JavaScript API