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PanoCool Street View Publisher

Publish single or connected 360° photos to Google Street View, and edit or update them.

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PanoCool Street View Publisher is a web tool for publishing individual or connected 360° photos to Google Street View on Google Maps. Publishing is free and unlimited. Free publications include a small PanoCool watermark at the bottom of each photo by default; a paid PanoCool subscription unlocks advanced editing and branding controls.

Scope

  • The tool publishes 360° photos to Google Street View.
  • A Google account must be authorized so PanoCool can upload and manage imagery through Google’s official Street View Publish API.
  • The tool does not publish blue lines directly from 360° videos. Use Google Street View Studio for that workflow: https://www.google.com/streetview/contribute/

Key features

  • Upload individual 360° photos to Google Maps for viewing in Street View mode.
  • Upload connected 360° photos to create walk-through tours on Google Street View.
  • Set an optional floor level for each photo in a multi-story location.
  • Set the heading for each photo.
  • Preview photos and their walk-through connections before publishing.
  • Edit 360° photos before publishing: blur areas, add text, add icons, add a watermark, and remove objects with AI.
  • Update published photos, including their locations, connections, and headings.

Connections link photos so viewers can navigate between them with Street View arrows. A heading is the compass direction, measured clockwise from north from 0° through 359°, that a photo faces. Levels let Google Street View group imagery by building floor.

Google may need several days to process connections and floor levels after the photos themselves become visible.

Free publishing and subscription features

The core publisher is free to use with no limit on the number of 360° photos published. Free publications include a small PanoCool watermark by default.

The following capabilities require a subscription:

  • Edit 360° photos before publishing.
  • Hide the PanoCool watermark when publishing.
  • Use a custom watermark.

Plans

  • Cool: includes all subscription-only Street View Publisher features.
  • Super Cool: includes all subscription-only Street View Publisher features, plus 400 AI edits for editing 360° photos before publishing.

Watermark behavior

The watermark is baked into a photo during publishing. It cannot be removed from a photo that is already published on Google Maps. To replace a watermarked publication, remove the published photo, disable the Enable watermark option, and publish a new copy.