Simple Google Street View
Adds the functionality for Google Street View windows to your posts and pages without the need of a google API key.
The facts
- Rating
- 3★ from 2
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 2 Feb 2011
- Added
- May 2010
- Requires WP
- 2.9.2
- Tested up to
- WP 3.0.5
- Downloads
- 9,167
Our analysis
AI-assistedSimple Google Street View is a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily add Google Street View panoramas to your posts and pages. It features a point-and-click interface for inserting panoramas, which can be styled using CSS without the need for template modifications or an API key.
The plugin generates a shortcode that includes location and view information, enabling you to customize the display size and appearance of the Street View window. This plugin is suitable for users familiar with Google Street View who want to enhance their content with interactive maps.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users looking to integrate Google Street View into their content.
What it does well
- ✓Easy to use interface for adding panoramas
- ✓No API key required
- ✓Customisable with CSS
- ✓Generates a shortcode for easy insertion
- ✓Allows multiple panoramas in posts and pages
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in February 2011
- •Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5
- •Limited user ratings and active installs
Verdict
Simple Google Street View provides a straightforward way to add interactive panoramas, but its outdated status may limit compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
pjvolders's own description of Simple Google Street View, lightly tidied.
This plugin creates a point and click interface to add Google Street View panorama’s to your posts and pages. Click on the appropriate media-button to insert one. You can add as many panorama’s as you want and style them individually using CSS.
Features:
- Easy to use (if you have used Google Street View before, you will recognize the interface)
- No template hacking required
- No API key required
- CSS can be used in the quicktag for advanced styling
- New in this version: address searchbox
When you add the view to the post/page, the plugin generates a [streetview] tag. This tags contains the location and point of view information:
[streetview width="100%" height="250px" lat="34.360988" lng="-86.693436" heading="-94.17771883289124" pitch="-3.342175066312998" zoom="1"][/streetview]
The orther attributes (eg. width and height) are converted to CSS and you can add you own CSS as well. For example, this code will generate a square (500×500) street view window, with a green border:
[streetview border="green 1px solid" width="500px" height="500px" lat="34.360988" lng="-86.693436" heading="-94.17771883289124" pitch="-3.342175066312998" zoom="1"][/streetview]