# Exploring Imagery

The Spexi World Viewer lets you explore panoramas captured across your organization's areas of interest. This page covers how to navigate the map, find locations, view panoramas and manage your saved places.

### Navigating the map

When you first open the viewer, imagery coverage is shown as a layer of hexagonal tiles. As you zoom in, the tiles become progressively smaller and more detailed until they resolve into individual capture locations - shown as pink dots called **places**. Each place represents a specific location where a panorama is available.

### Searching for a location

Finding a location is fast and intuitive. Simply start typing a place name or address and relevant suggestions will appear instantly in a dynamic dropdown.

When you select a result, the map automatically zooms to that location and, if Spexi data is available, takes you directly into the corresponding panoramic view - already positioned to match your search.

A pin is also placed on the mini-map to clearly indicate the exact location, giving you immediate visual context and precise positioning.

### Viewing panoramas

Click any place to open the panorama for that location. The panorama viewer will open full screen, replacing the map.

Hovering over a place shows the available capture date. If multiple panoramas exist for that location, all capture dates are listed - click a specific date to open that version directly.

To return to the main map, click the back button.

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To navigate to another panorama without leaving the viewer, use the mini-map. It displays nearby places and lets you click directly into any of them.
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### Compare Capture Dates Over Time

Time series comparison lets you review the same location across different capture dates.

If multiple captures exist for a location, a time button will appear in the panorama viewer. Click it to see all available capture dates alongside a preview of each.

Select any date to switch to that capture. The viewer preserves your current position and zoom level, so you can compare the same view across different points in time without any manual adjustment.

### Bookmarking a Location

Bookmarks let you save panorama locations and return to them without navigating through the map again.

To save a location, click the bookmark icon while a panorama is open. The location is saved to your account and persists across sessions.

To view your saved locations, open the Bookmarks section. Bookmarks are organized by **Places** and **Specific addresses** and each entry is labeled for easy scanning. Click any bookmark to jump directly into that panorama.

To remove a bookmark, either open the Bookmarks section and delete it from the list, or remove it directly from pano view using the bookmark icon.