Street View

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Street View shows you ground-level imagery for any point along your route — directly inside the app, without leaving the app. You can switch between Google Street View and Mapillary, peek along the route as you plan it, and pop the viewer out into its own window if you want it side-by-side with the map.

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Turning it on

Click the person icon on the right side of the map. When street view is on:

• A blue pegman cursor follows your mouse over the map.
• A floating window appears in the bottom-right of the map.
• The window starts with a hint to “click on a road or trail” — that’s how you tell it where to look.

Click the icon again to turn Street View off. Or use the hotkey F8 to toggle Street View on/off.

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Picking a location

Click anywhere on the map, and the street view window shows imagery for that spot (if available). The viewer faces the road’s direction of travel at the click point.

• Click a road or trail — view that point.
• Click on a GPX track you’re editing — view that exact point along your route, facing the direction of travel.
• Click on a Mapillary green dot (if the Mapillary layer is on, see below) — load that specific Mapillary image.

If a spot has no coverage, the window shows “No street view imagery near this spot.”

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Switching providers

Two icons at the top of the window let you switch between providers without losing your place: Google Street View (default) — Google’s professional, comprehensive imagery. Works almost everywhere there’s a road. Mapillary — community-contributed imagery. Covers more trails and off-road areas than Google, especially places mountain bikers, hikers, and cyclists actually go. Switching tabs keeps the same map location and direction — same spot, different provider.

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Mapillary coverage layer (optional)

Click the layers icon in the street view window header to toggle the Mapillary coverage overlay. When the Mapillary layer is on:

• Green dots appear on the map wherever Mapillary has imagery.
• Click a dot to load that specific image.

The layer is off by default. Turn it on to see where Mapillary coverage exists.

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Live preview from the Elevation Profile

If the street view window is open while you’re scrubbing along a track’s elevation profile, the viewer will follow your cursor along the route — pause briefly on any point and street view jumps to that spot. Works for both providers.

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Following along while route planning

While you’re using the Routing tool with the street view window open:

• Adding a new anchor (clicking on the map to extend your route) — the viewer follows to that point, facing along the direction you’re routing.
• Dragging an existing anchor — the viewer updates as soon as you release the drag.
• The cursor shows a blue + instead of the normal crosshair to remind you that both modes are active.

This lets you plan a route turn-by-turn while seeing the actual terrain.

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Layouts

The viewer can sit in four different layouts. Buttons in the window header switch between them: Floating window (default) — a draggable, resizable card in the bottom-right corner. Drag the header to move; drag any edge or corner to resize. Split horizontal / Split vertical — the viewer takes the left, right, top, or bottom edge of the map. Drag the divider to resize. Pop out — opens the viewer in its own browser window so you can put it on a second monitor or alongside the map. Closing the popped-out window snaps it back to the floating layout. Close — closes the viewer and turns street view off. Your last layout, window position, and size are remembered the next time you open the app.

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Troubleshooting