Frequently Asked Questions - Virtual Tours

Hotspots are graphical hyperlinks or buttons floating over the top of interactive panoramic images. They can be clicked on to go to a new location in the virtual tour. Therefore they are a means of navigation.

A 360˚ panoramic image is a cylindrical or spherical photograph. It is displayed on a computer screen as single virtual photograph, however, it is produced from a set of several extremely carefully positioned and shot photographs stitched-together with invisible seams (if done well). It is virtual in the sense that it does not exist as a tangible or physical object: it can only be seen on a computer screen with the use of specialist computer software.

A virtual tour gives you the experience of moving through a sequence of 360˚ panoramic images. Navigation is achieved by clicking on graphical hotspots.