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Google Street View

Google Street View is Google’s collection of 360° street-level panoramas, part of the Google Maps Platform. Connecting a Google Maps API key lets ALIGN show those panoramas directly on your maps.

What it enables in ALIGN

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Connecting a Google Maps API key unlocks Google Street View as an imagery source for the Street View widget. With the widget set to Google, your end-users click any point on the map and the panel shows the nearest Google panorama, with a marker on the map indicating the viewing position and direction.

You choose Google Street View or Mapillary per map, as the creator — see the Street View widget page for the widget parameters.

How to get the key

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The widget uses the Google Maps Embed API, which authenticates with a Google Maps API key (it starts with AIza…).

  1. In the Google Cloud console, create (or select) a project and create an API key under Credentials.
  2. Enable the Maps Embed API for that project.
  3. Restrict the key before using it — this is important, because a Google Maps key is genuinely sensitive:
    • Application restriction: HTTP referrers, limited to the domains where your maps are served.
    • API restriction: limit the key to the Maps Embed API.
  4. In ALIGN, go to Dashboard → Integrations and paste the key for Google Maps.

Your key stays yours

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The Google Maps key is stored on your ALIGN account and resolved at runtime when the widget loads. It never enters the map document: a map you save, publish or share carries no credential. If no key is configured, the Street View widget shows a “setup required” message instead of failing silently.

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