Viewing from a different direction

Pictometry Online lets you view the current scene from a different direction--north, south, east, west, and orthogonally (straight down).

Determining image orientation

There are two ways in which to determine the orientation of the image currently in view:

Navigation Compass

The letter (N, S, E, W) that appears inside the Navigation Compass indicates which direction is currently at the top of the Image window. For example, if the Navigation Compass shows the letter "N," you are viewing a "north-up" image.

Navigation window's polygon

As you change images, the polygon in the center of the Navigation window may rotate. It always shows image orientation with respect to the mini-map (which is always north-up). The polygon's orientation shows the direction in which the image was captured. You can think of the polygon as the camera's field of view--its short side toward the photographer, its long side toward the subject matter.

In the following example (north-up image), the Navigation window's polygon "points up," showing roughly the "footprint" (or coverage) of the Oblique image on the map. The center point of the polygon corresponds to the center point of the image in the Image window.

Changing image orientation

The camera buttons at the edges of the image let you view north-up, east-up, south-up, west-up, and orthogonal views.

To view the current scene from a different direction:

—   Click the camera button that corresponds with the desired view (orientation) as follows:

--    Use this camera button for an Orthogonal view.

--    Use these camera buttons for Oblique views.

Hint:  Hover your mouse over the button to see which side of its image will be "up" (at the top of the Image window). For example, if you want to see the current scene from the south (a north-up image), find the camera whose pop-up says "North."

An image of the desired orientation opens in the Image window, and the shaded polygon in the Navigation window rotates to show the orientation of the image with respect to the north-up mini-map.