Interactive Google Street View Widget

Creates an interactive Google Street View panorama widget that can be embedded in R Markdown documents, Shiny applications, and Xaringan presentations.

Usage

streetview(
  lat,
  lng,
  api_key = Sys.getenv("GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"),
  heading = 0,
  pitch = 0,
  zoom = 1,
  pano_id = NULL,
  address_control = TRUE,
  fullscreen_control = TRUE,
  link_control = TRUE,
  pan_control = TRUE,
  zoom_control = TRUE,
  width = NULL,
  height = NULL,
  elementId = NULL
)

Arguments

lat

Numeric. Latitude of the location.

lng

Numeric. Longitude of the location.

api_key

Character. Your Google Maps JavaScript API key. Defaults to the environment variable GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY.

heading

Numeric. Camera heading in degrees (0-360), where 0 is North. Default: 0.

pitch

Numeric. Camera pitch in degrees (-90 to 90). Negative values look down; positive values look up. Default: 0.

zoom

Numeric. Zoom level (0-3). Default: 1.

pano_id

Character. Optional panorama ID. If provided, lat/lng are ignored and the specified panorama is loaded directly.

address_control

Logical. Show the address overlay. Default: TRUE.

fullscreen_control

Logical. Show the fullscreen button. Default: TRUE.

link_control

Logical. Show navigation arrows. Default: TRUE.

pan_control

Logical. Show the pan/compass control. Default: TRUE.

zoom_control

Logical. Show zoom buttons. Default: TRUE.

width, height

Widget dimensions. Passed to htmlwidgets::createWidget(). height defaults to "400px" when NULL.

elementId

Optional HTML element ID.

Value

An htmlwidget object. Print it to display in a viewer, or include it in an R Markdown chunk.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Basic usage — reads API key from environment
streetview(lat = 48.8584, lng = 2.2945)   # Eiffel Tower

# Custom view angle
streetview(
  lat     = 40.7580,
  lng     = -73.9855,
  heading = 210,
  pitch   = -10,
  zoom    = 1
)

# Explicit API key
streetview(lat = 51.5014, lng = -0.1419, api_key = "YOUR_KEY")
} # }