Mapping the Meridian

When you load the link above, you will see the Orbit screen with a list of Projects on the left side with a mini overview map. The main screen is split in two, with the route screen on top and the digital 360˚ photo on the bottom.

To start looking at the data you will need to load the area closest to your school. The Projects are named based on the start and end of the drive. To help you choose, you can use the table below to see the key places included in each project.

Once you know which project you need, simply click on the project name and the route will be displayed under the name.

To move around the map and load the different 360˚ photos, move the hand cursor over the blue pin in the top window then drag the pin to the area you are interested in. You can only move the pin to areas where the car has driven, this is shown in the mini map on the left hand side under the project name, if you try and select a point where there is no data a warning will be shown ‘No Panorama Found’.

In the map windows you can also browse around the map by holding the left mouse button down and dragging the mouse, you can also Zoom in and out using the Mouse wheel. Alternatively you can use the joy pad icon and + - buttons in the top left of the window to navigate around.

Once you have chosen the photo you can then move around the photo in the lower window. By holding the left mouse button down, drag the cursor around in the photo to change where you are looking. The viewing direction is also shown in the top map window, indicated by a blue fan.

To move to the next photo, you can either move the pin again or you can double click the left mouse button in the photo window. You will then see the a warning ‘Loading Photo.

In the top left corner of the lower window there are three measurement options:

This option allows you to find the latitude, longitude and height of any point. All coordinates are displayed in decimal degrees, as seen in the example on the left, X refers to the Longitude, Y is the Latitude and Z is the height. If you see a negative X value this means that you are West of the Prime Meridian, if positive then you are East of the Prime Meridian.

To use this function left click on ‘XYZ’ it will change to a dark grey to show it has been selected. The mouse cursor will change to a cross on the screen, simply left click on the point you want the coordinates of. If you want to find additional coordinates left click on the ‘XYZ’ button again then click on the next point. To remove all the result boxes on the screen, simply click the ‘Clear’ button

This option allows you to select a region in the photo and calculates both the area of the selected region in square metres and total lentgh of the perimeter in meters.

To use this function left click on ‘Area’ it will change to a dark grey to show it has been selected. Then using the left mouse button click and draw lines around the region you want to calculate the area for. To finish, double click the left mouse button to complete the area. Only one area can be displayed at any time, to select a new region simply click on the ‘Area’ button and repeat.

This option simply allows you to measure the distance in metres between any two points in the photo.

To use this function left click on ‘Distance’ it will change to a dark grey to show it has been selected. The mouse cursor will change to a cross on the screen, simply left click on the start point and then the end point. A yellow line will be drawn between the two points and the distance will be displayed in light blue colour. To measure a second distance simply repeat the process only one distance will be displayed on the photo at any time