Capture, analysis and use of building data from mobile devices

A non-transitory computer-readable medium with stored contents that cause one or more computing devices to perform automated operations including at least:

• obtaining, via one or more mobile devices operated by at least a first user, visual data at a first viewing location at a building for use in generating a panorama image for the first viewing location that has views from the first viewing location for each of multiple directions;
• notifying, by the one or more computing devices, the first user of a determined problem with at least some of the visual data;
• obtaining, via the one or more mobile devices and after the notifying, additional visual data at the first viewing location;
• creating, by the one or more computing devices and based at least in part on using the additional visual data, the panorama image for the first viewing location;
• and
• initiating, by the one or more computing devices, display of information about the building that includes the created panorama image and further includes one or more visual indicators displayed on the displayed panorama image to indicate one or more directions from the first viewing location to one or more additional viewing locations for the building having one or more additional panorama images.

A system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors of one or more computing devices;
• and
• one or more memories with stored instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more computing devices to create and present information representing a building, including:
• obtaining visual data recorded by one or more mobile devices at a first viewing location at a building for use in generating a panorama image for the first viewing location that has views from the first viewing location for each of multiple directions;
• notifying a first user of a determined problem with the visual data;
• obtaining, after the notifying, additional visual data recorded by the one or more mobile devices at the first viewing location, wherein the panorama image for the first viewing location is based at least in part on the additional visual data;
• determining one or more of the multiple directions from the first viewing location that are toward one or more additional viewing locations for the building for which one or more additional panorama images are available for display;
• and
• providing information for display about the building, including initiating display of the panorama image for the first viewing location and of one or more visual indicators on the displayed panorama image to visually indicate information about the determined one or more directions from the first viewing location toward the one or more additional viewing locations for the building.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• recording, with one or more mobile devices and by at least a first user, visual data at a first viewing location in a building for use in generating a panorama image for the first viewing location that has views from the first viewing location for each of multiple directions;
• determining, by one or more computing devices, a problem with the recorded visual data, and notifying the first user of the determined problem;
• recording, with the one or more mobile devices and in response to the notifying, additional visual data at the first viewing location;
• creating, by the one or more computing devices and based at least in part on the additional visual data, the panorama image for the first viewing location;
• providing, by the one or more computing devices, information for display about the interior of the building that includes the created panorama image and information about one or more of the multiple directions from the first viewing location at which one or more additional panorama images for one or more additional linked viewing locations for the building are available for display;
• and
• notifying, by the one or more computing devices, that a different location at the building is unsuitable for creating a further panorama image from that different location, and wherein the recording of the visual data at the first viewing location is performed in response to the notifying that the different location at the building is unsuitable.

A system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors of one or more computing devices;
• and
• one or more memories with stored instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more computing devices to create and present information representing a building, including:
• obtaining visual data recorded by one or more mobile devices at a first viewing location at a building for use in generating a panorama image for the first viewing location that has views from the first viewing location for each of multiple directions, wherein the first viewing location is in a first room of multiple rooms in the building;
• notifying a first user of a problem with the visual data;
• obtaining, after the notifying, additional visual data recorded by the one or more mobile devices at the first viewing location, wherein the panorama image for the first viewing location is based at least in part on the additional visual data;
• determining one or more of the multiple directions from the first viewing location that are toward one or more additional viewing locations for the building for which one or more additional panorama images are available for display;
• and
• providing information for display about the building that includes the panorama image for the first viewing location and information about the determined one or more directions from the first viewing location toward the one or more additional viewing locations for the building,
• and wherein the stored instructions further cause the one or more computing devices to receive, from the first user, descriptive information about the first room concerning one or more remodels, and wherein the providing of the information for display further includes providing the descriptive information for display.