Google Virtual Tour
Your open house in Google Maps, day and night.
A Google virtual tour starts at $495 for a business under 1,500 sq. ft., publication on your Google Business Profile included, with no subscription or annual fee. Capture takes 1 to 2 hours for a store, without closing; customers step inside from Google Maps and Street View. Over 1,000 tours on Google Maps since 2015, across Quebec. Call 514 262-9248.
- More than 1,000 tours published on Google Maps since 2015
- Hosted by Google, no subscription
- 1 to 2 hour capture for a business
- Throughout Quebec, in French
They trust us
Be seen in Google, before the first call.
A Google virtual tour is a series of 360° panoramas linked together and published on your business’s Google Business Profile. Someone looking for a restaurant, a shop or a daycare nearby steps inside from Google Search, Google Maps or Street View. Google hosts the tour: nothing to install, nothing to renew.
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Visible where people look for you
The tour appears on your Google Business Profile, in Google Maps, in Street View and in local search, on desktop and on mobile.
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Hosted by Google, no annual fees
No subscription, no renewal: the panoramas stay online on your profile as long as it exists. After renovations, a new capture replaces them.
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True-to-life HDR panoramas
High resolution and HDR processing: storefronts, car bodies, flowers or soft lighting are rendered just as they are.
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Reusable on all your channels
A share link and an embed code for your website, your emails, your social media and your booking platforms.
Who publishes a Google virtual tour on their profile?
Shops and retail stores
Show the aisles, the layout and the access before the in-person visit, like Boutique Tamtam in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu or Le Marché aux Fleurs in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.
Restaurants and cafés
The dining room, the terrace, the atmosphere: the customer searching for “restaurant” on Google Maps steps inside before booking, as at La Belle et la Boeuf in Boucherville.
Daycares and CPEs (early childhood centres)
Reassure parents before the first visit. Garderie le Zirafo, in Saint-Hyacinthe, can be toured in 36 panoramas from its Google Business Profile.
Clinics and professional offices
The new patient sees the reception, the waiting room and the access before their first appointment; the treatment rooms stay out of frame.
Hotels, spas and accommodation
Rooms, halls and facilities visible from your Google Business Profile, where people compare before booking.
Dealerships and branch networks
Duval Toyota, in Boucherville: three Street View routes for the showroom, the customer area and the facilities. Animo Etc: seven stores captured on one trip.
What you receive
What you receive.
The tour on your Google Business Profile
The panoramas are published on your Google Business Profile and appear in Google Maps, in Street View and in search results.
A share link
A direct address to the tour, for your emails, your signature and your social media.
An embed code
A code (iframe) to paste into your website, whether it is on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace or Shopify. The tour plays within the page, without an app.
Your 360 HDR photos
The high-resolution panoramas are handed over to you, for your website, your posts or another platform.
How it works
From the first call to going live.
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A 30-minute call
We look at your Google Business Profile and your premises to set the floor area, the areas to show and the date. You receive a written quote.
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The on-site capture
1 to 2 hours for a business, at a quiet time, in the evening or on Saturday morning if needed. No need to close.
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Processing and publishing
The panoramas are assembled in HDR, linked together, then published on your Google Business Profile.
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The arrows and delivery
The navigation arrows appear a few days later, depending on Google’s processing. You receive the link, the embed code and your 360 photos.
Public pricing
Pricing based on floor area.
The Google virtual tour follows the Matterport 3D tour price grid, plus $100 for publication on Google. The price includes the HDR capture, assembly, publication on your profile, the share link and the embed code. No subscription.
From$495
| Under 1,500 sq. ft. | $495 |
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| 1,501 to 2,500 sq. ft. | $595 |
| 2,501 to 3,500 sq. ft. | $695 |
| 3,501 to 4,500 sq. ft. | $795 |
| 4,501 to 5,500 sq. ft. | $895 |
| 5,501 to 6,500 sq. ft. | $995 |
| 6,501 to 7,500 sq. ft. | $1,095 |
| 7,501 to 8,500 sq. ft. | $1,195 |
| 8,501 to 9,500 sq. ft. | $1,295 |
| 9,501 to 10,500 sq. ft. | $1,395 |
| Large areas, networks and multi-site trips | Quote within 24 hours |
| Publication of a Matterport tour on Google MapsAt capture or for a tour already delivered; non-residential locations only | + $200 |
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| Update of a published tour (new capture) | As per the grid |
| Professional HDR photos | $250 to $350 |
| 360 aerial views by drone | from $350 |
- Prices in Canadian dollars, taxes extra.
- Travel fee of $0.73/km for sites located more than about 100 km from Montreal; branches on the same trip share this fee.
What a Google virtual tour does not do
A Google virtual tour is a series of linked panoramas: no 3D dollhouse view, no floor plan, no measurements and no information tags. Publication is for non-residential places only, and Google sets the display time for the navigation arrows itself. We make no promise of any ranking in search results. To measure or document a building, the Matterport 3D tour is what you need.
Google Street View virtual tour: how it works
A Google virtual tour is a series of 360° panoramas of the interior of your business, linked together and published on your Google Business Profile. On site, the 360 camera is set on a tripod and moved a few metres at a time, from the entrance to the showroom. Each panorama is captured in HDR, to keep both the lit storefronts and the dark corners.
Once published, the tour becomes indoor Google Street View: the person who finds your profile in Google Search or Google Maps opens the tour among the business photos and moves from room to room, on desktop as on mobile.
An embedded example: a restaurant in Boucherville
This content is provided by Google; by clicking, you agree to load it.La Belle et la Boeuf, in Boucherville, can be toured from its Google Maps profile; the same embed code displays this Google Maps 360 virtual tour on a website.
Who benefits from a virtual tour on their Google Business Profile
Any non-residential location that welcomes the public and that people search for on Google: shops, restaurants, daycares, clinics, hotels, dealerships, municipal buildings. A few projects:
- Boutique Tamtam, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: clothing and sporting goods, a route from one end of the store to the other.
- Le Marché aux Fleurs, in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville: the colours of the florist’s displays, right from the search results.
- Garderie le Zirafo, in Saint-Hyacinthe: 36 panoramas so parents can visit before the first appointment (see the virtual tour for daycares and CPEs).
- Duval Toyota, in Boucherville: three Street View routes for the showroom, the customer area and the facilities.
- Animo Etc: seven stores captured on one trip, each published on its own profile.
For a hotel, the tour appears where people compare before booking: see the virtual tour for hotels.
Google virtual tour or Matterport 3D tour?
The Google virtual tour is made to be found: it lives on your Google Maps profile, hosted by Google, from $495 under 1,500 sq. ft. It is the simplest option for a business.
The Matterport 3D virtual tour is made to measure and document: the visitor sees the building as a dollhouse view, switches to floor plan view, takes measurements, and your team adds information tags pointing to your products. It costs $395 under 1,500 sq. ft., 2D floor plan and one year of hosting included.
Both are often captured on the same day. A Matterport tour can also be published on Google Maps for $200 more, if the location is not residential: its panoramas then appear in Street View, without the dollhouse view.
The process, from the call to the arrows appearing
A 30-minute call sets the floor area, the areas to show and the date. The capture takes 1 to 2 hours for a business, without closing. The panoramas are then assembled in HDR, linked and published on your Google Business Profile; the navigation arrows appear a few days later, depending on Google’s processing.
Two limits to know: publication in Street View is for non-residential places only, and we make no promise of any position in search results. The tour makes your profile more complete; the rest depends on Google, not on us.
Why entrust your Google virtual tour to Panosphere 360
- Google Street View photographer in Montreal and on the South Shore since 2015: more than 1,000 tours published on Google Maps, for businesses, networks, institutions and municipalities.
- One person responsible, from the quote to the publication: Marc Durand Bréard prepares the route with you, captures the panoramas and follows up on the publication.
- Public pricing, displayed above, and a written quote before any capture.
- Service in French throughout Quebec, with multi-site trips to share the travel fee.
Looking instead to get your roads, trails or bike paths into Google Maps? That is our Google Street View mapping service. See also our pricing and our portfolio, or request a quote.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions, our answers.
Another question? Write to marc@panosphere360.com or call 514 262-9248.
What is a Google virtual tour?
It is a series of 360° panoramas of the interior of your business, linked together and published on your Google Business Profile. Visitors enter from Google Search, Google Maps or Street View and move from room to room, with no app or subscription.
Does Google come to photograph my business?
No. The Google car captures streets, not the inside of businesses. The interior tour is captured by a 360 photographer, then published on your Google Business Profile: that is what Panosphere 360 has been doing since 2015.
How long does the capture take?
1 to 2 hours for a typical business, at a quiet time, in the evening or on Saturday morning if needed. You do not close: customers and staff step out of frame while each panorama is taken.
When will the tour be visible on Google?
The panoramas are published on your profile after processing. The navigation arrows linking them appear a few days later, depending on Google. We follow up until everything is displayed.
Can we choose what is shown?
Yes. You decide which areas are captured: the back room, the offices or the treatment rooms can stay out of frame. Any face that appears in a panorama is blurred before publication.
Google virtual tour or Matterport 3D tour: which one to choose?
The Google virtual tour is for being found: it lives on your Google Maps profile, from $495. The Matterport 3D tour is for measuring, documenting and annotating a building, with dollhouse view, floor plan and information tags, from $395. Both are often captured on the same day.
Can my Matterport tour be published on Google Maps?
Yes, for a non-residential location: $200, at capture or for a Matterport tour already delivered. The panoramas from the 3D tour are exported to Google Maps and Street View; the dollhouse view and the tags stay in the Matterport tour. The navigation arrows appear a few days to a few weeks after publication, depending on Google’s processing.
Google’s Trusted program has ended: can I still get my tour on Google Maps?
Yes. Google ended its certified photographer program (Street View Trusted), which Panosphere 360 was part of from 2015 to 2024, but indoor tours are still published through Google’s official tools (Street View Studio and its API). Panosphere 360 takes care of it: capture, stitching, publication on your Business Profile and follow-up until the navigation arrows appear.
We have several branches: how does it work?
Each address has its own Google Business Profile and gets its own tour, at the grid price. Those in the same region are captured on one trip and share the travel fee, like the seven Animo Etc stores.
How should I prepare my business before the capture?
The panoramas are high resolution: tidy up, clean and showcase what you want to show, as you would for an open house. We agree on the route and on the areas to keep out of frame before we start.
Is the tour accessible on mobile and tablet?
Yes. Whether it is opened from Google Search, Google Maps or Street View, the tour displays on desktop, mobile and tablet, with no app to install.
Can we embed the Google virtual tour on our website or Facebook?
Yes. Google provides an embed code (iframe) that goes into a page of your website, WordPress or otherwise, and the tour can be shared by link on Facebook and your other networks. We send you the code and the link on delivery.
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A 30-minute call is enough to settle the area, the deliverables and the price. Written quote within 24 hours, large buildings included.