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Street View & Aerial
Imagery API

Get street-level photos and aerial renders for any location through a simple REST API. No per-request billing. No rate limit surprises.

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Street View of Empire State Building area, New York
/api/v1/streetview?lat=40.7484&lng=-73.9857&heading=270

Real API output

What you get

These images were generated by the gsnap API. One HTTP request, one image back.

Street view at 40.7484, -73.9857, heading 270
270

Empire State Building

New York, NY
Street view at 48.8584, 2.2945, heading 180
180

Eiffel Tower

Paris, France
Street view at 37.8199, -122.4783, heading 0
0

Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco, CA
Street view at 40.758, -73.9855, heading 0
0

Times Square

New York, NY

Two APIs

Street-level imagery and aerial renders

Two complementary APIs for geo imagery. MapSnap (POI extraction) available as a secondary product.

StreetSnap

Street-level imagery

Render street-level photos at any coordinate. Get metadata, panoramas, tiles, and coverage data. Drop-in compatible with the Street View Static API.

Times Square street view
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AerialSnap

Oblique aerial renders

Render aerial perspective views from 3D mesh data. Any heading, any tilt angle. Get oblique views of buildings, neighborhoods, and landmarks.

Aerial render of Manhattan
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Simple integration

One curl, one image

Pass coordinates, get an image back. No SDK, no client library, no complex setup. Just HTTP.

Bearer token auth
JPEG/PNG/WebP output
JSON metadata with neighbor graph
Historical imagery (2009+)
bash
# Get a street view image
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "https://api.gsnap.dev/api/v1/streetview?lat=48.8584&lng=2.2945" \
  -o eiffel.jpg

# Get an aerial render
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  "https://api.gsnap.dev/api/v1/aerial?lat=40.7484&lng=-73.9857" \
  -o manhattan.png

# Get metadata (JSON)
curl "https://api.gsnap.dev/api/v1/metadata?lat=40.758&lng=-73.9855"

Rich metadata

More than just images

The metadata endpoint returns coordinates, capture date, address, elevation, neighbor graph, and historical imagery dates.

GET /api/v1/metadata?lat=40.7484&lng=-73.9857
{
  "status": "OK",
  "pano_id": "7LXZU4nafzeRflmtejiXyw",
  "location": { "lat": 40.7481, "lng": -73.9859 },
  "date": "2024-09",
  "address": "14 W 33rd St, New York",
  "country_code": "US",
  "elevation": 16.99,
  "neighbors": [ ... ],
  "historical": [
    { "panoId": "w-lacT2...", "date": "2022-08" },
    { "panoId": "FyfCU7...", "date": "2021-08" },
    { "panoId": "gYN4rP...", "date": "2019-06" }
  ]
}

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