Method, apparatus and computer program product for visualizing whole streets based on imagery generated from panoramic street views

An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform:

• direct presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street;
• and
• direct presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street;
• wherein the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are presented in a street-view in a perspective representation wherein a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view are foreshortened relative to the top of each respective panoramic view, wherein the bottom of the first panoramic view and the bottom of the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street, and
• wherein the street-view is presented in response to a mobile terminal operating in a portrait mode and a panorama view is presented in response to the mobile terminal operating in a landscape mode.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:

• program code instructions for directing presentation of a first panoramic view representing a first side of a street;
• and
• program code instructions for directing presentation of a second panoramic view representing a second side of the street;
• wherein the first panoramic view and the second panoramic view are presented in a street-view in a perspective representation wherein a bottom of the first panoramic view and a bottom of the second panoramic view are foreshortened relative to the top of each respective panoramic view, wherein the bottom of the first panoramic view and the bottom of the second panoramic view are located on either side of a representation of the street, and
• wherein the street-view is presented in response to a mobile terminal operating in a portrait mode and a plan view of a panoramic view is presented in response to the mobile terminal operating in a landscape mode.