Source imagery selection for planar panorama comprising curve

A system for selecting source imagery for a planar panorama comprising a curved path, comprising:

• a computer-based processor configured to process data for the system;
• a curved path identification component, operably coupled with the processor, configured to identify a curved path in a received block of source imagery, the curved path comprising inside-curve source imagery for an inside-curve of the curved path;
• and
• an image selection component, operably coupled with the curved path identification component, configured to select a first source image from the inside-curve source imagery for the planar panorama if image data from the first source image is comprised in image data from a second source image from the inside-curve source imagery.

A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed via a processor perform a method for selecting source imagery for a planar panorama comprising a curved path, comprising:

• identifying a block of source imagery from source imagery for a location, the block of source imagery comprising at least a section of a path without a bend exceeding a desired bend threshold;
• identifying a curved path in the block of source imagery using a road network database, the curved path comprising inside-curve source imagery;
• selecting a first source image and a third source image from the inside-curve source imagery for the planar panorama if image data from a combination of image data from the first source image and image data from the third source image is comprised in image data from a second source image from the inside-curve source imagery, at least a portion of the selecting performed by a processing unit;
• not selecting the second source image for the planar panorama;
• and
• selecting source images from outside-curve source imagery for the planar panorama.