Personal Panoramic Image Maps

Available to anyone who uploads 30+ virtual tour panoramas to Panoramic Earth is now able to embed their own collective virtual tour on their site(s). Using simple, cut and paste code, this personal tour will show the location of their panoramas linked to Google maps.

Always starting at the latest location they added, and automatically updated with you new images, this is a great way to allow people to view your latest work added to the site.

And how to get the code? The option becomes available when you reach the 30 image target. Then you simply need to go to your profile and select the Personal Maps option listed near the bottom of the profile menu. Copy the presented code and there you have it. Below is tour for Peter Watts.

Virtual tour provided by Panoramic Earth. All rights reserved.

WCCI 2101 uses Panoramic Earth

The Barcelona tour on Panoramic Earth has been recommended by the 2010 WCCI (World Congress on Computational Intelligence). The interactive map and tour is listed as on of the Barcelona Maps on their 'getting about' page. The whole tour is shown below. It can be embedded on any site following instructions on the Use a Tour page.

Barcelona tour provided by Panoramic Earth. All rights reserved.

Virtual Tour of Florence

Florence from Giotto's Campanile. 360 panorama (c) Peter Watts - all rights reserved

Florence is one of the top travel and tourist destinations in Italy. At the heart of Tuscany, and once the capital of a united Italy, Florence is full of history, historical buildings and famous works of art. This new Florence virtual tour shows 360 panoramas of the sights and attractions, churches, public squares and other views.

Florence from Ponte Santa Trinita. 360 panorama (c) Peter Watts - all rights reserved

As usual with Panoramic Earth, these 50+ images are all accompanied with some local and travel information, and can be embedded by other websites as their own content. Included within the tour are stunning panoramas taken around Florence Cathedral, including a unique virtual tour of the interior of the Baptistery of San Giovanni, taken as not even local Florentines see it, without people present.

New York Guide and Map

New York 360 panorama (c) Peter Watts - all rights reserved

With over 100 panoramas of New York providing an interactive guide to the city, Panoramic Earth continues to expand it's coverage of the USA. New York is one of the most visited travel destinations in the US, and a major entry point for visitors from Europe. Hundreds of thousands of people travel here from Europe every year for the shopping, eating and world famous sights. Panoramic Earth's guide and map of New York covers many of the well known sights, as well as parts of the city not so frequently promoted to tourists.

New York 360 panorama (c) Peter Watts - all rights reserved

Each panorama is linked to a Google Map of New York and accompanied with some local and travel information. This allows you to see where you are, what is there and how to get there in one easy, interactive step. For a full list of the New York 360° panoramas available see the New York Panorama Index on Panoramic Earth. As with the other tours on the site, this New York guide can be embedded within 3rd party sites. See the Use a Tour page for more information.

Panoramas from Cambridge

Panoramic Earth launches an interactive map of Cambridge with numerous 360° panoramas of places of interest taken around the city. These panoramas show some of the colleges, open spaces, museums and other attractions in Cambridge. The panoramic images are linked to Google maps for easy navigation, and each is accompanied by some local information. The virtual tour of Cambridge will continue to grow as more panoramas are added in the future. Cambridge is a popular tourist destination in the UK, with many people making day-trips from London to visit this historical city.

Cambridge University Colleges: There are a number of panoramas from various colleges of Cambridge University. These colleges are sometimes open to the public and form some of the main tourist attractions in the city. The panorama below was taken in Trinity College.

panorama (c) Peter Watts - all rights reserved

Punting on the River Cam: One of the top activities for visitors, the River Cam encircles most of the city. The panorama below shows one of the punt rental stations on the river. Wearing a straw boater when punting is an option. Loosing the pole in the river is also an option, just not so recommended.

panorama (c) Peter Watts - all rights reserved

Pieces of Cambridge: Cambridge has a number of open spaces, commonly called a Piece. Many of these are associated with particular colleges. These gardens and grassed areas are an ideal resting and picnic spot in the summer. The panorama below shows Christ’s Piece.

panorama (c) Peter Watts - all rights reserved

Panoramas from Oxford

Panoramic Earth launches a new map of Oxford to which is linked nearly 50 fully 30 panoramas taken around this historic city, one of the most visited cities outside London in the UK. Alongside each panorama is some local and travel information forming a virtual tour of the sights and attractions in Oxford.

Take a walk up the church spire of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin to get a panoramic view over the famous Radcliffe Cinema and All Souls College .

Explore the famous and old Colleges of Oxford University. These college buildings are hundreds of year old, and the colleges are full of tradition and history. Explore the old quads and college grounds when they are open.

Oxford is full of old chapels and churches like the one in Whadam College shown below. Weddings at the respective colleges are often highly desired by college students and alumni alike who are allowed to marry here if they fulfill certain conditions.

Finally, anyone visiting Oxford must go punting on the River Cherwell, shown in the image below taken from Magdalen Bridge, from which students jump into the River on many May Days.


All images provided courtesy of Peter Watts, all rights reserved.

Virtual Tour of London

This is an example of the tours from Panoramic Earth that may be used in any website for free. You will get an interactive virtual tour of London with over 100 panoramic images linked to a google map of the city. Tabs give access to the local descriptions for the locations and other local information. As new images are added to the London content, so they will automatically be added to this tour here.

The Tour:



If you are interested in having this tour in your own site then follow the 5 simple steps below:
Step 1: Register with the site (http://www.panoramicearth.com/register.php)
Step 2: In your account select the Embedded Tours option
Step 3: In the table put London Map in the Title box (near the bottom), and click list and then click on option given.
Step 4: Enter the name of the domain you wish to run the tour in and click ‘Save’
Step 5: Simply copy the code you are given and paste it into your own web code

Et Viola, one tour code to simply put where you want and the tour is your, free. In fact, these tours can start at any individual location and panorama, making the potential options vast. Visit the Embed a Tour for more information about this.

Use the Panoramic Earth Tours in Your Own Site for FREE

Any website is now able to run and use the maps and images from Panoramic Earth for FREE within their own sites. This unique opportunity allows webmasters the ability to embed the tours as part of their own content. Simply select the starting location required, provide the domain name in which the tour is to be run, and then you will be provided with the code to place into the website.

Visit the website find out more about our FREE virtual tour offer.

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• Interactive maps with panoramic images from all over the world
• Ever increasing collection free of charge
• Local information, truly comprehensive virtual tours
• 1000's of different panoramas to choose from
  

Singapore - Panoramas from Singapore

Singapore has been visited by one of the full time photographers on Panoramic Earth in recent times. The result is an interactive map of Singapore with panoramas from all over the Republic of Singapore. This includes extensive coverage not only of the city, but also further afield, including Singapore Zoo and Sentosa. Whether you live in Singapore or are planning a holiday there, we hope that you will find this a useful resource as you explore this fascinating place.

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Online Maps of London Attractions

So you are coming to London and want to find your way about the city. There are an increasing number of websites that contain information about London, the sights and the attractions. Which should you go to?

One such is this site about London tourist attractions, which is based on a Google Map mashup of London showing some images of some of the attractions you may find here. Each Google pin links through to a page with a brief description about the attraction. The site, moniterized by Google Ads, is clean and runs smoothly

An alternative site is also based on a map. This London Map contains over 100 panoramic images from around the city linked to an interactive map. It is part of a much larger collection of tours from various cities and is being built up by a number of different contributing panoramic photographers.

There is also another Google based Map which also contains some information about each attraction. Any of these sites are a good way to check out the attractions of the city before you come and visit.

Check out the London index of this blog to see what London sights and attractions have been described here to date.