Just wondering whether Pano2VR writes any meta data to the JPG photos, in particular, the photo GPS data?
If the upload of meta data fails, then the information in the JPG would be the only way Street View can locate the image?

I also note that the patent in question summarises that it's novel aspect is in the reformation of the 360-deg image: The system reforms the hemispherical images associated with the planar images taken by the fisheye lens, using specific laws of projection, corrects the radial and geometrical distor...

The patent looks to be pre-dated (hence not novel) by the following: 1998: Nayar S.K. (1998) Omnidirectional Vision . In: Shirai Y., Hirose S. (eds) Robotics Research. Springer, London See also paper dated 1997 "A camera with a hemispherical field of view is presented. Two such cameras can be p...

I've made a short 4-minute screen recording to demonstrate the issue here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQt3vSl-FFU I assume the Street View meta data upload is not working correctly, since I shouldn't have to press the Project Upload button once for each photo in my tour I am unable to tell when...

Is anyone else getting this behaviour? It suggests that metadata is being uploaded one image at a time, although the Google Street View API batchUpdate is able to update all photos in one hit unless "critical fields are missing or there is an authentication error." Does Pano2VR create a lo...

I've been using Pano2VR for about a month, and without a Google API key. In the Google Street View panel, I can select places, use the Street View Browser, and upload Panoramas In the Tour Map, I can use various Google maps. So, When do I need a Google API key? Will I start seeing error message with...

I'm not sure whether the Street View Upload Metadata progress bar is working correctly. After I upload my Street View project, the images are uploaded as expected (87 images in this tour). If I subsequently tweak the tour, I press the Project button again, so that the metadata can be refreshed (I do...

Would be nice if the Pano2VR Tours Map was able to geo tag images using a gpx file, which lots of apps can record and export (and Sports apps such as Strava ). For those who haven't heard of it, a gpx file is just a data file of smartphone times and regular longitude/latitude readings. Most images a...

Would be nice if I could select Google Street View images on a map. I often know where I took the photos, but not when. Or sometimes I took photos in one area at different times. After displaying the image on a map, a rectangular, elliptical or freehand marquee would select the images I am intereste...

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a way to upload files directly to your server. You need to know your FTP server address, username and password. If you have not heard of it before, I recommend the Wordpress plug I mentioned in my previous post.

Any chance of an updated Pano2VR 6.1 beta3, it would be nice to take advantage of any improvements, and see whether more needs to be done.

Many Wordpress installations have a media file upload limit of just 2Mb (equivalent to a maximum single panorama resolution of just 2048x1024). This is a restriction set by the server. The value can be changed if you have access to your hosting control panel, and by various technical means . An alte...

I think the description "External Links" is ambiguous, and could be improved. In the upcoming Pano2VR 6.1beta, the Street View panel has a new item "External Links". I believe this is for adding links to other Street View tours that are "external" to the current tour. I...

The problem with meta data updating, maybe a problem at Google's end. Apparently (as of yesterday 15 Sep 2019), they know about an issue whereby tour links are not connecting properly, and old tour links are disconnecting.

Using Pano2VR 6.1 beta 3b, when uploading a Project, and only Metadata is required, the progress indicator typically shows the following: The first fuel gauge remains on about 7%, and the second fuel gauge (Nodes) gets to about 98%, and then the control disappears. On repeating a couple more times (...