Navigate and orbit the 3D model

The 3D Model and 3D Mesh tabs show your site in 3D, and both work the same way.

With a mouse (desktop or laptop)

1. Orbit — hold the left mouse button and drag to turn the model around its center.
2. Pan — hold the right mouse button and drag to slide the view without turning it.
3. Zoom — scroll the mouse wheel, or two-finger scroll on a trackpad.
4. Recenter — double-click any point to center the camera there.

With touch (tablet or touchscreen)

1. Move around — drag with one finger. The spot you grab stays under your finger, like a paper map.
2. Zoom — pinch with two fingers. Double-tap to step in; tap once with two fingers to step out.
3. Rotate the 3D view — twist with two fingers.
4. Tilt the 3D view — swipe up or down with two fingers to lean between overhead and ground level.

These are the gestures of the Earth camera mode, the default on touch devices. In Orbit mode, one finger rotates the view and a two-finger drag pans.

On a phone, the 3D Mesh tab and a large single-file point cloud don't render. There, the project's own team (signed in, or using its access code) gets a download link instead.

A streamed, tiled point cloud does render on a phone, as do the 2D Map, the 3D Model, 360 and Flyover.

Reset the camera

• Press R to recenter on the whole site.
• Or tap Reset in the bottom toolbar.

Explore at ground level (Tripod / Walk)

1. Open the camera-mode control (top right) and choose Walk, or Tripod to stand still and look around.
2. Drag to look around.
3. Walk with the W A S D keys or the arrow keys; hold Shift to move faster.
4. Double-click the ground to jump there.
5. Press Esc to return to the orbit view.

See every shortcut

In any 3D view, press ? for the keyboard-shortcuts panel. Press Esc or click away to close it.

Save or share the exact angle

Copy view link shares the exact camera angle. Or star it as a Saved View to give that spot its own link and QR code.