WGAN-TV Podcast Dan Smigrod | www.WeGetAroundNetwork.com | www.WGAN-TV.com

-- How do you publish to Google Street View from a multi-floor Matterport virtual tour?
-- What are Google Street View ”blue lines” and how can they be updated?
-- How can you improve the ”walk around” experience of a Google Street View tour?

On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (1 pm ET / 5 am Brisbane, Australia) on Thursday, July 18, 2024, by guest is: Wingman Media Brisbane Owner Michael Lysov (@WingMan)

[Note: Special time for this episode: 1 pm Eastern Time (ET)]

Topic

WGAN-TV | How to Publish to Google Street View from Matterport; Plus, 10 GSV FAQ Pro Tips for Common Problems (Solved)

Here some of the questions that I will ask Mike to help get to at least 10 Google Street View Pro Tips for Matterport Service Providers that use the Matterport Add On for Google Street View:

Questions | Demo

1. How do I publish a Matterport tour to Google Street View?
2. How do I publish a Matterport tour with multiple floors to Google Street View?
3. How do I only publish some scans in my Matterport tour to Google Street View?
4. How do you un-publish a Google Street View tour using Matterport Workshop GSV Add On?
5. When you publish to Google Street View from Matterport, how are stairs handled?

6 How do I switch to publishing the same tour via the Client’s Google Street View account?
7. What are chevrons on Google Street View?
8. How do you designate floors on Google Street View? What are: GL, L1, L2, L3?
9. Is there a difference between Google Maps and Google Street View regarding virtual tours?

Questions | No Demo

10. I see 360s from my Matterport tour on Google Street View, but the [b]360s are not linked. Now what?
11. I published my Matterport tour to GSV successfully, but it does not show up on ”blue lines” Now what?
12. I published my Matterport tour to Google Street View, but it only shows up as Private. Now what?
13. How can I update the old Google Street View ”blue lines” in front of my client’s business?
14. What is a Google Business Listing and how do I help my clients get it?

15. What’s the difference between a Google business Profile and a Google Profile (without ID)?
16. Can I publish Matterport 360 Views to Google Street View or just Matterport 3D Scans?
17. Does the Matterport blur tool work with Google Street View?
18. My Google Street View tour has too many links?
19. How do you add a customer logo in the nadir (bottom of tour)?

20. When and why do you use Pano2VR?
21. What’s a Place ID?
22. When and why does it matter if a GSV tour has a Place ID?
23. How do you become a Google Street View Trusted Photographer via Matterport? (Schrodinger’s Cat?)
24. Advantages and disadvantages of using Matterport or Pano2VR to publish to Google Street View?

Questions | Money and Pricing

25. Does Google Street View charge for tours published to Google Street View?
26. Does Matterport charge for publishing Matterport tours to Google Street View?
27. As a photographer, do you charge for publishing to Google Street View?
28. Should I charge for maintenance and support (recurring fee) when I publish client’s tours to GSV?
29. Anything else about Matterport publishing to Google Street View?
30. Anything else about publishing to Google Street View in general?

About Wingman Media Brisbane

360 degree Property & Business Virtual Tours Service provider. 360 & business keywords & product photography.

Matterport Service Partner with a Matterport Pro2, Matterport Pro3 cameras and a Leica BLK360 LiDAR scanner. Google Trusted Photographer for business tours for Google maps. Google My business listing audit. Licensed drone pilot. www.WingmanMedia.com.au

www.Urbanimmersive.com

-- Are you seeking an easy add-on of photo books and 1-sheets?
-- How do you simplify your workflow providing clients with fliers and mailings from your images?
-- What is a print media editor platform and how can it help you make money?


On Thursday, July 11, 2024 on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET), my guests are:

✓ Urbanimmersive Inc. Director of U.S. Operations and Imaging Services Craig Pittelli
✓ Urbanimmersive Inc. Executive Vice-President François-Hugues Liberge

Our Topic

WGAN-TV | Easy Add Ons: Photo Books, Brochures, Flyers and Mailings via Urbanimmersive’s UiPrint Service

Topics Include

1. What is Urbanimmersive’s UiPrint Service?
2. Show examples of finished printed pieces: photo book, brochures, flyers, mailers
3. What is the Urbanimmersive UiPrint Media Editor?
4. Show how to use the Urbanimmersive UiPrint Media Editor to create: photo book, brochure, flyer, mailer
5. Backstory on the Urbanimmersive’s HomeVisit (state-of-the-art printing facilities in Chantilly, VA)
6. How to include Floor Plans
7. How to include stock photos
8. How print products are sold and priced
9. How sales tax is handled
10. How real estate photographers are paid for print products ordered by real estate agents
11. How real estate agents can use the Urbanimmersive portal for UiPrint to order print products
12. How to leverage print products to differentiate your photography business

-- What AR/VR/XR was announced at Augmented World Expo® (AWE) that you need to know about?
-- What’s the latest on Apple Vision Pro meets real estate photographers?
-- Enjoy hearing what’s cool in spatial computing?

Stay tuned!

On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET) on Wednesday, 26 June 2024, my guest is:

✓ Hopscotch Interactive CEO and Chief Media Officer Emily Olman talking about:

WGAN-TV - 10 Takeaways for Real Estate Photographers from AWE USA 2024 and its Vision Workshop

Since Emily is a Matterport Service Provider, owns an Apple Vision Pro and is a Co-Chair of the AWE Vision Workshop at AWE USA 2024, she can provide a unique perspective for the WGAN Community.

Emily has been a guest on WGAN-TV Live at 5 many times, including:

✓ WGAN-TV | Matterport + Apple Vision Pro: Imagining the Possibilities

✓ Save $100 on PMRE Standard Registration with Coupon Code: WGAN100
✓ Save $50 on PMRE Livestream/On-Demand with Coupon Code: WGANSTREAM
✓ PMRE Registration
✓ Website: www.PMREconference.com
✓ Email: info@pmreconference.com [Sponsorship, Group Sales]
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WGAN-TV | Why Attend Photography + Media for Real Estate Conference (PMRE) in Las Vegas (13-15 November 2024)

✓ Are you ready to amp-up your real estate photography business?
✓ What are best practices for running a real estate photography business?
✓ Do you want to connect and learn from the best real estate media creators around the world?

Stay tuned!

On WGAN-TV Live at 5 on Thursday, June 20, 2024, my guest will be Photography + Media for Real Estate Conference (PMRE) Owner and Organizer Brandon Cooper for this episode:

WGAN-TV | Why Attend Photography + Media for Real Estate Conference (PMRE) in Las Vegas (13-15 November 2024

Discussion Includes

✓ PMRE Presenters
✓ PMRE Agenda
✓ PMRE Workshops
✓ PMRE Sponsors
✓ PMRE 2024 Networking Nightcap Party (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)
✓ Venue: Palms Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada (KAOS Showroom)

I have already registered (my second year attending), book my stay at the Palms Casino Resort and round-trip flights from Atlanta.

I look forward to seeing you at PMRE 2024.

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About PMRE 2024

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Website: www.PMREconference.com
Email: info@pmreconference.com
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PMRE 2024, the 6th annual Photography and Media for Real Estate Conference, is a one-of-a-kind event that brings together hundreds of the most passionate and engaged real estate photography and media creators from around the world.

Since 2019, this conference has become the go-to event for creative professionals in the real estate industry who want to learn from, and network with, other like-minded individuals. What started as just an idea for an event to network with other photographers has grown to become a marquee event which helps shape the direction of creativity in the real estate media space.

Source: PMRE

-- Do you want to add a compass or interactive mini-map to your Matterport digital twin?
-- Are you seeking a workflow for measuring a Matterport space to invoice clients based on SQ FT?
-- How do you help a real estate agent get more leads from Matterport virtual tours?

Stay tuned!

On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET) on Thursday, 6 June 2024, my guest is Scan Your Space (a Division of Sparks Media Group Founder and CEO Tom Sparks.

Our Topic

WGAN-TV | How to Use Matterport Property Report and Plug-ins: Compass, Mini-Map, Quick Link and Business Card

Tom will show the front-end (and how to use in Matterport Workshop):

1. Matterport Property Report

1A. An overview of Property Report (front-end and back-end demos)
1B. Multiple Floors (room dimensions, exterior dimensions and area SQ FT)
2C. (How to delete/add walls/fill-in missing walls)


2. Matterport Compass Plugin-in (See video 2, Matterport digital twin example 1)

2A. How to enable
2B. How to Set North on the Compass
2C. How to select the Compass style (analog, arrow, minimal)
2D. How to select the location for the Compass


3. Matterport Mini-Map Plug-in (See video 1 and Matterport digital twin example 1)

3A. How to enable
3B. How to set North
3C. How to enable a background for the mini-map
3D. How to display the mini-map in a circle or square
3E. How to set the location of the mini-map
3F. How to set the mini-map zoom


4. Matterport Quick Link Plug-in (See video 4, Matterport digital twin example 2)

4A. How to enable
4B. Text to Display
4C. Photo (or Graphic)
4D. URL (when you click on the photo (or graphic) [Could point to a ”Contact Us” form, for example]


5. Matterport Business Card Plug-in (See video 3, Matterport digital twin example 2

5A. How to enable
5B. agent name
5C. agent email address
5D. agent phone number
5E. agent business name
5F. agent photo
5G. company logo
5H. company website
5I. social media links

These features were announced in February and are available in Matterport Workshop (not available to Matterport Classic Plan users).

In Matterport Workshop, while editing a space, see the plugins tab on the right hand side menu when editing a space according to the Matterport Blog post on (15 February 2024).

-- How can live data be added to Matterport digital twins for facilities management?
-- How can IoT from various open standards be centralized and synchronized from various open standards?
-- Why is a Matterport digital twin better than a traditional 2D dashboard of physical space for building automation control?

Stay tuned ...

On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET) Thursday, 16 May 2024, our topic is:

SIM-ON by SIMLAB +NETxAutomation: A Next Level of Interoperability with Building Management System (BMS)

Guests

-- NETxAutomation Software GMBH Sales & Business Development Suvankar Das
-- SIMLAB Product Owner/Project Manager (SIM-ON) Michał Szopa

Topics

✓ Enriching Matterport model with live data
✓ New, intuitive Digital Twin interface with 2D dashboard option
✓ Centralized synchronization of multiple vendors
✓ Hardware interoperability for automation scenes: FIBARO, SmartThings, KNX IoTech, NETxAutomation
✓ Integration with NETxAutomation Building Management System (BMS)
✓ IoT connectivity via NETx Server
✓ Building automation standards interoperability: KNX, OPC, BACnet, Modbus, SNMP
✓ IoT multi-vendor connection possibilities for Matterport users by NETx Cloud Portal
✓ Application of digital twin model with NETx in various types of buildings e.g commercial, hospitality, industrial etc.
✓ Making life easy for the technical staff in buildings thanks to the hybrid visualisation model of digital twin and 2D graphics offered by Simlab and NETx
✓ How to increase the acceptability of such solution among decision-makers – expos, demo centers, training etc.

Backstory of SIMLAB and NETxAutomation Partnership

Merging SIMLAB software packages with NETxAutomation solutions brings the next-generation Building Management System (BMS). Leveraging NETx Cloud Portal interface, SIM-ON platform connects multi-protocol ecosystems with immersive Digital Twins.

Using cutting-edge Matterport technology, SIM-ON transforms a traditional 2D dashboard into an interactive 3D model of physical space, creating a new experience of building automation control and facility management.

NETxAutomation and SIMLAB have joined forces to integrate software packages and bring you the next-generation Building Management System (BMS).

SIM-ON platform provides NETxAutomation system with innovative Matterport Digital Twin technology. NETx software gained spatial coverage based on a top-notch reality capture standard delivered by global leader Matterport.

SIM-ON works on top of these realistic, navigable 360 spaces, transforming traditional 2D dashboards into interactive digital twins. Supporting all vendors integrated by NETx, creates a new experience of building automation control.

Navigable, immersive 3D interface expands BMS essential function with alert notifications and facility management features, such as maintenance scheduling, communication tools, documentation storage, and more.

All NETx system vendors controlled within one digital twin platform

✓ Intuitive and user-friendly 3D interface
✓ Secure and easy access to device data
✓ Visual presentation of device activity and settings
✓ Sensors alert notifications

All Information Stored in One Data Container

✓ Real mapping of devices in space
✓ Collect all data about devices, equipment, and furnishing in one place
✓ Adding photos, videos, and documents
✓ Multiple categories for intuitive management

All tasks and Issues Resolved With One Tool

✓ Schedule and manage facility maintenance items
✓ Real-time facility inspection in full 3D
✓ Build your customized timeline activity graphs
✓ Link to your favorite news and widgets
✓ Report issues with task manager