Distance between nodes of in a tour.

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Hopki
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Hi,
This subject crops up from time to time and is down to the photographer spacing the nodes following Googles recommendations.
The current guidelines from Google are 1 Meter for inside buildings and 3 Meters outside.

However, if the camera does not have GPS you are at a loss as to how far your pin placement between nodes is, what you can do is make a quick HTML5 output and use the attached skin.

This is very simple, all it does is show a text box showing the distance to the next node in meters.
It will give you an idea of the distance before you upload it to Street View.

To use, download the skin and add it to your project folder, this is the folder that will have your Pano2VR project file in.
Open Pano2VR and add your nodes as normal and Save the project file.
Level and Patch the nodes if required.
Add Userdata.
Using the Tour Map, Add nodes/correct placement and set North.
Still in the Tour Map link the nodes.

Add an HTML5 output select the skin, then create the output.
You will see the text boxes showing the distance between the node you are in and the next node. The text boxes ate Hotspot so you can click them to change nodes or use the thumbnail menu. The Thumbnail Menu is there so you can quickly jump to nodes when checking distances.

If a distance is too far, move the map pin in the Tour Map and select the "Generate Output" button again, or to speed this up, use the keyboard shortcut Control + ALT + G for Windows and Command + Option + G for the Mac.

When you are happy that the nodes are within the required distance, select the Street View panel, add the Place to all nodes and select the Upload Project button.
Regards,
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