Generating turn-by-turn direction previews

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• one or more computing devices, each of the one or more computing devices having one or more processors, the one or more computing devices being coupled to the memory;
• wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to:
• receive a request for a turn-by-turn direction preview;
• generate a set of turn-by-turn directions based on a series of road segments connecting a first geographic location and a second geographic location, wherein each turn-by-turn direction includes a corresponding waypoint;
• identify a set of images corresponding the series of road segments between two adjacent waypoints of the set of turn-by-turn directions;
• determine a subset of the set of images to include in the turn-by-turn direction preview by filtering the set of images to remove any images that exceeds a predetermined quantity of images designated for each of the road segments to determine the subset;
• and
• generate the turn-by-turn direction preview based on at least in part on the determined subset of the set of images.

A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium on which instructions are stored, the instructions, when executed by one or more computing devices perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a request for a turn-by-turn direction preview;
• generating a set of turn-by-turn directions based on a series of road segments connecting a first geographic location and a second geographic location, wherein each turn-by-turn direction includes a corresponding waypoint;
• identifying a set of street level panoramic images for each road segment between two adjacent waypoints of the set of turn-by-turn directions;
• determining whether any street level panoramic images of the set of street level panoramic images is outside a threshold distance from each of the two adjacent waypoints;
• based on the determination, filtering the set of street level panoramic images to remove the street level panoramic images that are outside the threshold distance;
• and
• generating the turn-by-turn direction preview based on at least the filtered set of street level panoramic images.