Video Maps

Video Maps are a tool to display a YouTube travel video with synchronized Google Maps and Street View. Drag and drop the marker to view any point within the journey.

To create a Video Map register for a free account, log in and then visit your Video Maps Dashboard.

You will first need to upload a video of your journey to YouTube and have a GPX format file ready containing the coordinates and times to synchronize with the video. GPS Visualiser is a useful tool to convert a range of GPS file formats to GPX.

Please let us know if you encounter any problems creating or using Video Maps. Custom project development services are also available.

Video Maps for Leaflet Update: 11 Oct 2021

• A Leaflet version of Video Maps is now available. Leaflet is an alternative API to the Google Maps API.

• The edit process is unchanged. At the bottom of the Edit page there are now links and scripts for the Leaflet version of the Video Map.

• The Leaflet version is simpler and does not use all of the options available for the Google Maps version of Video Maps.

• The map displays on start-up in the Leaflet version and uses a relief tileset with contour lines.

• The Leaflet version is mobile-optimized. In portrait mode the video displays above the map and in landscape mode the video displays to the left of the map.

• Scripts for the Leaflet version are available for any Video Maps you have already created. Just go to the Video Map Edit page and get the scripts and/or links.

Demonstration Video Map

Full Page Map

The map above displays trail data from 360 TrailView, a website which lets you virtually explore ATV trails using panoramic YouTube videos and Google Maps.

This particular video is panoramic so you can view the trip from any direction. A map marker indicates the current location and field of view.

Video Maps Update: 27 Nov 2019

• Added support for panoramic videos.

• New marker options to display a circle marker with optional directional indicator.

• Added support for larger GPX data files.

• Improved drag and drop functionality.

Video Maps Update 2.1 : 27 Nov 2020

The URL used to create Video Maps has been changed. Please use the new embed script when adding Video Maps to your web page.

Video Maps now incorporate Google ads which display before the map loads.

Video maps can be locally hosted without Google ads using your Google Maps API key.

One or more KML Layers can be displayed on the Video Map.

Demonstration Video Map

Thanks to The DashCam Store for providing videos used in the development of Video Maps.