The greyed out areas of the river menu show where our panorama work is currently in progress or awaiting sponsorship.
Quick Start (The very least you need to know to get going)
The panoramas are accessed through the river-menu page which shows a stylistic representation of the London Thames with key areas marked. You can select an area by tapping (or clicking) on the place name. This will open an introductory page and position you at the begining of that panorama.
You can cruise along the river by clicking one of the transport buttons on the bottom left of the panorama or you can select a specific landmark from the select box at the bottom centre of the panorama. This Landmark Select box lists all landmarks in the panorama.
Tap or Click on a landmark name and the pan will move to it and display information about it. You can close the information page by clicking the x in the top right of the information page or clicking anywhere outside the page.
You can also select a landmark by tapping or clicking on it as you pass, and this will open its information page The information page not only contains text about the landmark but in most cases there are additional small images. If these are marked "Tap for a larger image" then a large image will appear if yuo tap it. If they are marked "Tap to view Gallery" then multiple imagews are availble which can be viewed using the left and right arrows on the large image.
At the top of the information page is a share icon which displays the unique address of that landmark. You can send this address to other people to view the exact same landmark.
When you get to the end of a pan an arrow will appear to take you to the next panorama along the riverside- for example, you can cruise from Pimlico to Westminster without breaking your journey .
Alternatively, you can select any other panorama on the river-menu - return to this page by selecting it from the left menu and then choose another place to view. You can quickly select any panoramas by returning to the river menu as you wish.
The panoramas are controlled through the onscreen menu system.
The Menu Buttons
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This is the main menu for controlling the panoramas. It appears on the left of the panorama viewer screen. From the top the controls are: Home: Takes you back to the website homepage Menu: Takes you back to the river menu Help ? : Displays this help page i : Information which gives you a description of the current place. Share: gives you an address to use if you want to share a page Full screen : takes the site up to fill your display screen Reload: starts the current panorama again - and + will magnify the panorama. A mouse wheel does it too. |
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The Cruise controls
In the image above, which appears in the bottom left of the panorama screen, the button on the far left hides or shows all the other menu buttons. On the right are the cruise controls. These move the panorama left and right at normal speed or faster speed. By clicking the fast forward or fast reverse buttons multiple times can increase the speed. If you have a slow internet connection the images may not load properly at very fast speeds.
Thats it! Enjoy!
But here is some more detail:
Menu and Controls
There are two banks of controls available: The main menu which is a set of buttons seen in a vertical strip on the left, and the cruise controls which are a horizontal set of five buttons on the bottom left. In addition there is a Village box at the top centre of the panorama which displays the name of the current Village and a Landmark box at the bottom centre which displays the current Landmark. In this bottom Landmark box you will find a list of everything to look at in the panorama.
1.1.0 The movement of the image can be controlled in a number of ways. On the bottom left of the image are cruise controls. When clicked on they scroll the image left and right. The controls all have pop up messages on them to identify their function if you hold the cursor over them. From left to right these controls are: Fast left - Cruise left - STOP - Cruise right - Fast right. Multiple clicks on the fast controls increase the speed further.
1.1.1 The image can also be scrolled manually holding down the left mouse button while moving the image around.Magnification
1.2.0 The image can be zoomed by using the mouse wheel if you have one. There are seven levels of magnification available. Alternatively you can zoom the picture by using the + and - buttons on the left menu.
1.3.0 To go directly to a specific Landmark tap or click it in the Landmark select box, centre bottom of the panorama. You will be taken directly to the Landmark and information about it will be displayed.
1.4.0 You can also view the information about a landmark by placing your mouse cursor over the landmark on the image, when the name of the landmark pops up as a tooltip. Then click on the landmark and the information for that landmark will appear.
1.4.1 You can always view information about the current place by clicking the i button in the left menu.
Images
1.4.2 When there are small images on the information pages, tap on them to get a larger version. To close the large image, tap the x on the large image screen or on the background outside of the large image.
1.4.3 If the small image displays a popup message "Tap for gallery" then a number of large images are available. These can can shown by using the left and right arrows on the large images.
1.4.4 You can close the information pages by clicking on the x on the top right of the information page or by carrying on using one of the cruise controls.
External Links
1.5.0 If there are links in the landmark information page then tapping on those links wilkl open the relevent internet page in a seperate browser window. This window can be closed to return to the panorama or left open for reference.
Continuing to the next panorama
1.6.0 At the end of a section, usually at a bridge, the scrolling will stop and an arrow will appear in the top left ot right of the panorama window. Tapping on this will take you to the next section.
Compatability issues
This software has been tested on both PC and iMac platforms. It works on the latest versions of the most popular web browsers. It has been tested with Internet Explorer 11, and the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
It also works on tablets such as iPad although some of the functions may not work well. It is not yet working for cell phones.
If you have found an issue with this software and you are using one of the latest browsers then please email:
You can close this help page by closing its browser tab which will return you to the panorama.
Use of the media
This site contains many thousands of our copyright images. These images are also available in high resolution and can be used under a license agreement in most media. Contact info@panoramaofthethames.com for more details.