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Activate the Google Maps JavaScript API

To get you started we'll guide you through the Google Developers Console to do a few things first:

  1. Create or choose a project
  2. Activate the Google Maps JavaScript API and related services
  3. Create appropriate keys
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Custom Street View panorama tiles

Read the documentation or view this example full screen.

var panorama;

// StreetViewPanoramaData of a panorama just outside the Google Sydney office.
var outsideGoogle;

// StreetViewPanoramaData for a custom panorama: the Google Sydney reception.
function getReceptionPanoramaData() {
  return {
    location: {
      pano: 'reception',  // The ID for this custom panorama.
      description: 'Google Sydney - Reception',
      latLng: new google.maps.LatLng(-33.86684, 151.19583)
    },
    links: [{
      heading: 195,
      description: 'Exit',
      pano: outsideGoogle.location.pano
    }],
    copyright: 'Imagery (c) 2010 Google',
    tiles: {
      tileSize: new google.maps.Size(1024, 512),
      worldSize: new google.maps.Size(2048, 1024),
      centerHeading: 105,
      getTileUrl: function(pano, zoom, tileX, tileY) {
        return 'https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/' +
            'panoReception1024-' + zoom + '-' + tileX + '-' + tileY + '.jpg';
      }
    }
  };
}

function initPanorama() {
  panorama = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama(
      document.getElementById('street-view'),
      {
        pano: outsideGoogle.location.pano,
        // Register a provider for our custom panorama.
        panoProvider: function(pano) {
          if (pano === 'reception') {
            return getReceptionPanoramaData();
          }
        }
      });

  // Add a link to our custom panorama from outside the Google Sydney office.
  panorama.addListener('links_changed', function() {
    if (panorama.getPano() === outsideGoogle.location.pano) {
      panorama.getLinks().push({
        description: 'Google Sydney',
        heading: 25,
        pano: 'reception'
      });
    }
  });
}

function initialize() {
  // Use the Street View service to find a pano ID on Pirrama Rd, outside the
  // Google office.
  var streetviewService = new google.maps.StreetViewService;
  streetviewService.getPanorama(
      {location: {lat: -33.867386, lng: 151.195767}},
      function(result, status) {
        if (status === 'OK') {
          outsideGoogle = result;
          initPanorama();
        }
      });
}
<div id="street-view"></div>
html, body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
#street-view {
  height: 100%;
}
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. -->
<script async defer
        src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initialize">
    </script>

Try it yourself

Hover at top right of the code block to copy the code or open it in JSFiddle.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Custom Street View panorama tiles</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <style>
      html, body {
        height: 100%;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
      }
      #street-view {
        height: 100%;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="street-view"></div>
    <script>

      var panorama;

      // StreetViewPanoramaData of a panorama just outside the Google Sydney office.
      var outsideGoogle;

      // StreetViewPanoramaData for a custom panorama: the Google Sydney reception.
      function getReceptionPanoramaData() {
        return {
          location: {
            pano: 'reception',  // The ID for this custom panorama.
            description: 'Google Sydney - Reception',
            latLng: new google.maps.LatLng(-33.86684, 151.19583)
          },
          links: [{
            heading: 195,
            description: 'Exit',
            pano: outsideGoogle.location.pano
          }],
          copyright: 'Imagery (c) 2010 Google',
          tiles: {
            tileSize: new google.maps.Size(1024, 512),
            worldSize: new google.maps.Size(2048, 1024),
            centerHeading: 105,
            getTileUrl: function(pano, zoom, tileX, tileY) {
              return 'https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/' +
                  'panoReception1024-' + zoom + '-' + tileX + '-' + tileY + '.jpg';
            }
          }
        };
      }

      function initPanorama() {
        panorama = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama(
            document.getElementById('street-view'),
            {
              pano: outsideGoogle.location.pano,
              // Register a provider for our custom panorama.
              panoProvider: function(pano) {
                if (pano === 'reception') {
                  return getReceptionPanoramaData();
                }
              }
            });

        // Add a link to our custom panorama from outside the Google Sydney office.
        panorama.addListener('links_changed', function() {
          if (panorama.getPano() === outsideGoogle.location.pano) {
            panorama.getLinks().push({
              description: 'Google Sydney',
              heading: 25,
              pano: 'reception'
            });
          }
        });
      }

      function initialize() {
        // Use the Street View service to find a pano ID on Pirrama Rd, outside the
        // Google office.
        var streetviewService = new google.maps.StreetViewService;
        streetviewService.getPanorama(
            {location: {lat: -33.867386, lng: 151.195767}},
            function(result, status) {
              if (status === 'OK') {
                outsideGoogle = result;
                initPanorama();
              }
            });
      }
    </script>
    <script async defer
        src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initialize">
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

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