Design and application of mobile panoramic map based on sphere model

With the rapid development of mobile internet and mobile devices, the mobile panoramic map service based on 360 panoramic images has become one the hottest issues in location based service (LBS) and geographic information service. In this paper, a panoramic image model based on sphere for street view release under Android operation system is proposed. A mobile street view service system framework based on three-layer architecture is designed. A mobile street view map service and on line release prototype systems using the proposed panoramic map models and the system framework is implemented. The experiment result shows that the panorama street view maps can be viewed fluently and the panoramic map service system is robust.