Street View Static API overview

Before you begin: Before you start using the Street View Static API, you need a project with a billing account and the Street View Static API enabled. We recommend creating multiple Project Owners and Billing Administrators, so that you'll always have someone with these roles available to your team. To learn more, see Set up in Cloud console.

The Street View Static API embeds a static (non-interactive) Street View panorama or thumbnail into a web page without the use of JavaScript. Define the viewport with URL parameters sent through a standard HTTP request. The request returns a static image.

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?size=400x400&location=47.5763831,-122.4211769
&fov=80&heading=70&pitch=0&key=YOUR_API_KEY&signature=YOUR_SIGNATURE

See the developer guides for all required and optional parameters, and example requests and responses.

Note: Street View imagery comes from two sources: Google (non-public developer-controlled imagery), and the public (UGC, or public user-generated content). Note that there is no way to use only one source of Street View imagery over the other. Learn more about our Street view imagery privacy policy.

All Street View Static API requests require an API key to work, and should have a digital signature for maximum API security. Learn Google's recommendations for static web API best practices and API security best practices.

The Street View Static API is charged for each request to embed a static (non-interactive) Street View panorama. See Usage and Billing for more information.

Control your API usage and spend with monitoring and reporting.

More information

For more information on using the Street View Static API, or other Google Maps API products, be sure to check out the Maps API Support page.

If you're interested in publishing 360-degree street-view images, take a look at the Streetview Publish API.