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 virtually navigate 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 indoor map to display them in Indoor Viewer.

Complete the prerequisites for 360-degree photos

Viewer 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 Viewer. 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 an indoor map:

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

Add an oriented imagery feature layer to a web map

An oriented imagery feature layer must be added to the indoor web map to view 360-degree photos in Viewer. You can use ArcGIS Pro or Map Viewer to add a shared oriented imagery feature layer to an indoor web map and configure it as floor aware.

Note:

Viewer 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 topmost 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 web map and made floor aware to view 360-degree photos in Viewer.

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. On the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.

   The Catalog pane appears.

4. In the Catalog pane, click the Portal tab and search for the web map shared from ArcGIS Pro for Viewer.
5. Right-click the web map and click Add And Open.

   The web map opens in ArcGIS Pro and the layers appear in the Contents pane.

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

   The oriented imagery feature layer is added to the web map as a layer.

   Note:

   If the oriented imagery layer has multiple photo features that are next to each other, you can set an appropriate visibility scale so that photo features only appear when 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.

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

   The Layer Properties dialog box appears.

9. Click the Floors tab and choose Level ID from the Floor Field drop-down menu.

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

10. On the Share tab, in the Manage group, click Save Web Map to save the changes to the web map.

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

Add an oriented imagery feature layer to the web map using Map Viewer

An oriented imagery feature layer must be added to the indoor web map and made floor aware to view 360-degree photos in Indoor Viewer.

To add an oriented imagery feature layer using Map Viewer, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization.
2. Click Content and search for the web map shared from ArcGIS Pro.
3. Click the more options button for the web map and click Open in Map Viewer.
4. In the Layers pane, click Add.

   The Add layer pane appears.

5. In the Add layer pane, search for the shared oriented imagery feature layer containing 360-degree photos and click Add.

   The oriented imagery feature layer is added to the current web map as a layer.

   Note:

   If the oriented imagery layer has multiple photo features that are next to each other, you can set an appropriate visibility scale so that photo features only appear when a user zooms in 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 more distinctly.

6. Configure the oriented imagery layer as floor aware by doing the following:
   1. On the Contents (dark toolbar), click Map properties .

      The Map properties pane appears.

   2. In the Additional layers section, click Add layers.

      The Add layers dialog box appears.

   3. Check the check box for the oriented imagery feature layer.
   4. Click Next.
   5. Click the Select floor field drop-down arrow and choose LEVEL ID.
7. Click Save to save the changes to the web map.

The oriented imagery feature layer containing 360-degree photos is configured as floor aware and is included in the web map shared for Indoor Viewer.

Update an oriented imagery feature layer to add more 360-degree photos

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 additional photos, complete the following steps:

1. Start ArcGIS Pro.
2. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization if necessary.
3. Import the updated photos to a new 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 shared 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 content after confirming features were appended to the original oriented imagery feature layer.

Display 360-degree photos in Indoor Viewer

After adding an oriented imagery feature layer to the indoor web map and configuring it as floor aware, there are several options for displaying the 360-degree photos in Viewer.

If the map contains an oriented imagery feature layer, the Show 360 Photo Locations button appears on the map that you can click to display 360-degree photo locations. After clicking the button to display 360-degree photo locations on the map, you can click one of the locations to display the corresponding 360-degree photo. An inset map appears showing the orientation of the selected 360-degree photo and the locations of all other photos on the same floor.

Note:

Clicking the Show 360 Photo Locations button 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, click the button again.

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 appears on the info card.

While viewing 360-degree photos, you can traverse an area by clicking other nearby 360-degree photo locations within a 4-meter radius. Additionally, you can use the inset map to view 360-degree photos of different locations on the selected floor.