Nudity / obscenity / inappropriate content.

Cave interiors and/or confined spaces that don't show a place on earth or are uninteresting, poorly lit, etc.

Generally, panoramas with people will not be selected unless the people are an unavoidable part of the location.

Trade shows, expositions and similar events.

Usually made for wide perspectives inside places of worship, and occasionally for other interiors thatĪre exceptionally remarkable and beautiful. Hotel rooms, shopping malls, offices, apartments, etc.

Interior spaces with no or little visibility to the outside.

Panoramas that are not selected for public display on 360Cities.

Regular, geo-tagged, images have been available in Earth from Panoramio, the Google-owned photo sharing service. Recently, it added space user photos from Slooh. Google has been adding more content sources to Earth. It is also switched on by default, which means that our images will be available to a larger audience than before!,' 360 Cities announced on its blog. This layer is new, and contains images by both Panoramio and 360 Cities. '360 Cities has moved from the 'Gallery' layer in Google Earth to the new 'Photos' layer. You can add your own photos by signing up and submitting them to 360 Cities. The images are now live in Google Earth for everyone. You can 'navigate' inside the photo and move about to see the view from all the angles. You can then view full image by clicking on it. These photos will be marked by red squares in Google Earth, as opposed to blue ones from Panoramio.Ĭlicking on the square will bring up an info bubble with a preview of the photo and info about its author.

The panoramic photos come from 360 Cities, a community for showcasing 360 degree photos. 'People using Google Earth will find a new 'Photos' layer that includes not only the existing 2D photos from the Panoramio community, but also panoramic photos from around the world contributed by users of ,' he announced.

'Today, the Google Earth photo viewing experience just got better with the addition of panoramic images,' Wei Luo, Senior Geo Data Strategist at Google, wrote. And now, you can showcase your 360 degree panorama photos in Google Earth. Panoramic photos are becoming increasingly popular, if only because it's a way of doing something a bit more original now that DSLRs are pretty affordable and point-and-shoot cameras are feature-packed.

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