Directly Accessing Street View Data

Sample code for Google Maps Platform JavaScript API author(s): Justin Poehnelt

HTML

<!doctype html>
<!--
 @license
 Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-->
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Directly Accessing Street View Data</title>

    <!-- jsFiddle will insert css and js -->
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map" style="width: 45%; height: 100%; float: left"></div>
    <div id="pano" style="width: 45%; height: 100%; float: left"></div>

    <!-- 
      The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
      for more information.
      -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
#map {
  height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

JavaScript

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
/*
 * Click the map to set a new location for the Street View camera.
 */
let map;
let panorama;

function initMap() {
  const berkeley = { lat: 37.869085, lng: -122.254775 };
  const sv = new google.maps.StreetViewService();

  panorama = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama(
    document.getElementById("pano"),
  );
  // Set up the map.
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: berkeley,
    zoom: 16,
    streetViewControl: false,
  });
  // Set the initial Street View camera to the center of the map
  sv.getPanorama({ location: berkeley, radius: 50 }).then(processSVData);
  // Look for a nearby Street View panorama when the map is clicked.
  // getPanorama will return the nearest pano when the given
  // radius is 50 meters or less.
  map.addListener("click", (event) => {
    sv.getPanorama({ location: event.latLng, radius: 50 })
      .then(processSVData)
      .catch((e) =>
        console.error("Street View data not found for this location."),
      );
  });
}

function processSVData({ data }) {
  const location = data.location;
  const marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: location.latLng,
    map,
    title: location.description,
  });

  panorama.setPano(location.pano);
  panorama.setPov({
    heading: 270,
    pitch: 0,
  });
  panorama.setVisible(true);
  marker.addListener("click", () => {
    const markerPanoID = location.pano;

    // Set the Pano to use the passed panoID.
    panorama.setPano(markerPanoID);
    panorama.setPov({
      heading: 270,
      pitch: 0,
    });
    panorama.setVisible(true);
  });
}

window.initMap = initMap;