Configure 360-degree photos

Available with the ArcGIS Indoors Maps extension.

ArcGIS Indoors includes support for displaying 360-degree photos. With 360-degree photos, occupants can observe an immersive view of an office hotel or meeting room before making a booking to ensure that the space meets their needs. Facility technicians can also use this feature to assess work conditions, locate relevant components for maintenance, or navigate virtually through the building's interior to better prepare for fulfilling facility work orders.

You must add 360-degree photos to a shared oriented imagery feature layer and include it in the shared mobile map package to display 360-degree photos in the ArcGIS Indoors Mobile app.

Complete the prerequisites

Indoors Mobile supports 360-degree equirectangular imagery in JPEG format.

360-degree photos must be added to an oriented imagery dataset and shared as a feature service layer to be used with Indoors Mobile. You can use the Import Indoor Images tool to import 360-degree photos to an oriented imagery dataset from an .e57 file.

Complete the following prerequisites before adding an oriented imagery feature layer to a mobile map package:

1. Prepare E57 data before importing images.
2. Import indoor images to an oriented imagery dataset in ArcGIS Pro.
3. Share an oriented feature layer to your organization.

After completing the above prerequisites, you can add the shared oriented imagery feature layer containing 360-degree photos to a map shared for Indoors Mobile.

Add an oriented imagery feature layer to a mobile map package

An oriented imagery feature layer must be added to the mobile map package to view 360-degree photos in the Indoors Mobile app. You can use ArcGIS Pro to add a shared oriented imagery feature layer to an indoor map and configure it as floor aware.

Note:

The oriented imagery feature layer must be a hosted feature layer.

Indoors Mobile supports only one oriented imagery feature layer for displaying 360-degree photos. If more than one oriented imagery feature layer is present, the app displays the top-most oriented imagery feature layer in the Contents pane.

Add an oriented imagery feature layer to a web map using ArcGIS Pro

An oriented imagery feature layer must be added to the indoor map and made floor aware to view 360-degree photos in the Indoors Mobile app.

To add an oriented imagery feature layer using ArcGIS Pro, complete the following steps:

1. Start ArcGIS Pro.
2. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization if necessary.
3. Open the project containing your indoor map.
4. On the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.

   The Catalog pane appears.

5. In the Catalog pane, click the Portal tab and search for the shared oriented imagery feature layer containing 360-degree photos.
6. Right-click the oriented imagery feature layer and click Add To Current Map.

   The oriented imagery feature layer is added to the map as a layer and appears in the Contents pane.

   Note:

   If the oriented imagery layer has multiple photo features in close proximity, you can set a visibility scale to restrict photo features from appearing until a user zooms to a suitable extent. Additionally, you can configure the symbology of the layer to use an appropriate symbol type and size to make photo features appear distinctly.

7. Right-click the oriented imagery feature layer in the Contents pane and click Properties.

   The Layer Properties dialog box appears.

8. Click the Floors tab, click the Floor Field drop-down arrow and choose Level ID.

   The oriented imagery feature layer is configured as floor aware and can be used with the floor filter in the Indoors Mobile app.

9. On the Share tab, in the Package group, click Mobile Map to share a mobile map package.

The oriented imagery feature layer containing 360-degree photos is configured as floor aware and included in the content for the mobile map package shared for Indoors Mobile.

Add 360-degree photos to an oriented imagery feature layer

You can add more 360-degree photos to an existing oriented imagery feature layer to provide more viewable images or update existing imagery with current photos.

To update an existing shared oriented imagery feature layer with new or more photos, complete the following steps:

1. Start ArcGIS Pro.
2. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization if necessary.
3. Import the updated photos to an oriented imagery dataset and configure it as floor aware.
4. Share the new floor-aware oriented imagery dataset as a hosted feature service.
5. On the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.

   The Catalog pane appears.

6. In the Catalog pane, search for the new and the original oriented imagery feature layers containing 360-degree photos.
7. Right-click both oriented imagery feature layers and click Add To Current Map.

   The oriented imagery feature layers are added to the map as layers.

8. Use the Append tool to append features from the new oriented imagery feature layer to the original oriented imagery feature layer.
9. Optionally, delete the new oriented imagery feature layer from your organization after confirming 360-degree photos were appended to the original oriented imagery feature layer, or ensure that the original oriented imagery feature layer is the top-most layer in the layer list.

Display 360-degree photos in Indoors Mobile

After adding an oriented imagery feature layer to the indoor web map and configuring it as floor aware, you can test displaying 360-degree photos in Viewer with the following steps:

1. Open an indoor web map map containing an oriented imagery feature layer.
2. Tap Show 360 Photo Locations .

   360-degree photo locations are displayed on the map.

   Note:

   Tapping Show 360 Photo Locations on iOS or Show 360 Photo Locations on Android to enable photo locations will focus map interactions to the oriented imagery feature layer. To disable photo locations and re-enable interaction with other web map layers, tap Show 360 Photo Locations again.

3. Tap a 360-degree photo location on the map to display the corresponding 360-degree photo.

   A window appears to display the 360-degree photo and the map pans to the location of the selected photo.

   Tip:

   The 360-degree photo display for a location can also be accessed from the info card of a selected unit feature on the map. If at least one 360-degree photo is located inside the unit, the 360 View button for iOS or Android appears on the info card.