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Shared terminology

  • Panorama, 360 image, 360 photo, and sphere photo refer to 360° imagery.
  • Hotspot means an interactive element placed in a tour.
  • Virtual tour or walkthrough tour means a connected panorama experience.
  • Tour and project are often used interchangeably.
  • Flat photo or normal photo means a non-360° image.
  • PanoCool watermark means one of three marks:
    • On a virtual tour, the PanoCool logo its theme shows, and in the Open House theme a small “Built with PanoCool” link that only Super Cool and Business can hide. See Change or hide the logo.
    • On photos published to Google Street View, a mark added to each photo as it’s published. See Watermark behavior.
    • On photos saved with Snapshot or Download photo, a “Created on PANOCOOL” mark. See Snapshot.
  • Saving or downloading a photo depends on where you are: