Timeline

Standard project development and delivery times for the virtual tour typically ranges between 2-3 weeks.

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Impacting Timeline

Every Venue is unique and because of this it is difficult to narrow down exact project delivery times.  In addition, our solution is very customizable to meeting with the needs of each Venue.  While project delivery times are minimally affected by the Venue size, timing is impacted by:

• Number of images presented,

• If on-site photography option is utilized,

• Quality of referencing materials, i.e., floor plans and capacity charts,

• If the floor plan option is utilized, and if derived from the interactive Floor plan,

• Number of levels,

• If deploying with the meeting space presentation library add-on,

• If utilizing the Export/import photos to Google Maps.

 

Timeline Events

The standard procedure in delivering the virtual tour follows these steps:

1. Client provides the following,

   • Signed License Agreement,

   • Existing floor plans,

   • Confirmation of photo locations,

   • Logo in virtually any format with white background

   • Username & password for MSL log-in,

2. Creation of floor plan to be implemented, 1st week, if required,

3. Client approval of floor plan in the 1st week, if required,

4. Onsite photography in 1st week, if required,

5. Equirectangular photo integration in the 2nd week,

6. Navigational items integrated (arrows, 360 icons, beacons) in the 2nd week,

7. Published live for final approval in the 3rd week,

8. Final virtual tour published live, including file admin and backup in the 3rd week,

9. URL link provided to Client for website integration in the 3rd week.

 

* Timeline above does not account for travel planning or travel time.

 

Floor Plans

If the floor plan option is included within the virtual tour iMap will make derivative floor plans from the interactive floor plan if available.  Otherwise, it is required that a version of existing floor plans are provided to iMap.  These floor plans can be in any format.  iMap typically redrafts the floor plans from scratch to create a clean & simplified version of the floor plans, in a vector format for high performance and presentation.

 

Photography

On-site photography for both indoor and outdoor provided by iMap is highly recommended when deploying with the virtual tour.  However, if employing a 3rd party photographer, we can use equirectangular photos as-is, if provided in the correct format, but cannot guarantee quality or performance.  Our equirectangular photographs are 18 Mega Pixel HDR images, taken using our specialized 360 camera with unnoticeable stitching, and includes sizing to 6080px x 3040px, leveling, sharpening, lighting adjustments, face blurring if required, and are optimized for performance and presentation. 

 

Branding

The virtual tour can be branded to the extent of adding a logo.  Because Arial is the most popular browser font available on most devices, that is the font used.  In addition, if the floor plan add-on is included, it will incorporate the existing colors used for meeting spaces, foyers, pre-function areas etc..