Method And System For Obtaining Pair-Wise Epipolar Constraints And Solving For Panorama Pose On A Mobile Device

A system for connecting panoramic images, the system comprising:

• one or more computing devices having one or more processors coupled to memory, the one or more processors being configured to:
• receive, by the one or more computing devices, a selection of one of two or more panoramic images, wherein the two or more panoramic images were captured near a first geographic location;
• display, with the one or more computing devices, the selected panoramic image and a first panoramic image captured near the first geographic location on a display, wherein the first panoramic image is overlaid on at least a portion of the selected image;
• overlay, on the display, an alignment indicator on top of the selected panoramic image and the first panoramic image;
• align, by the one or more computing devices, the selected panoramic image and the first panoramic image such that the selected panoramic image is oriented in the same direction as the first panoramic image on the display, such that similar imagery in the selected panoramic image and the first panoramic imagery is displayed in the same display location relative to the alignment indicator;
• and
• connect, by the one or more computing devices, the selected panoramic image with the first panoramic image.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, by the one or more computing devices, a selection of one of two or more panoramic images, wherein the two or more panoramic images were captured near a first geographic location;
• display, with the one or more computing devices, the selected panoramic image and a first panoramic image captured near the first geographic location on a display, wherein the first panoramic image is overlaid on at least a portion of the selected image;
• overlay, on the display, an alignment indicator on top of the selected panoramic image and the first panoramic image;
• align, by the one or more computing devices, the selected panoramic image and the first panoramic image such that the selected panoramic image is oriented in the same direction as the first panoramic image on the display, such that similar imagery in the selected panoramic image and the first panoramic imagery is displayed in the same display location relative to the alignment indicator;
• and
• connect, by the one or more computing devices, the selected panoramic image with the first panoramic image.