Google Static Street View

Modified on Wed, 29 Dec, 2021 at 10:42 AM

First Arriving's integration with Google Street View provides a static image of the address that you are responding to on your alarm screen. This allows responders to get a visual of what they are looking for when approaching the scene, improving situational awareness call after call. 


Features Include:

  • Static Image provided by Google's Street View API
  • Can be shown in half screen or 1/4 screen depending on other items on your alarm screen 


What We Need:

  • API Key


What You Need:

  • A Google Cloud Platform account
  • Credit Card required for complete setup ($200 monthly credit provided by Google)
  • Enable Static Street view API 


COMPLETE SETUP INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING THIS LINK! 


Understanding Pricing and Usage :

There is multiple factors that need to be considered when asking "Will I get charged?"  

  • COST
    • Street View API usage costs every time the image is displayed on any dashboard
    • Cost for the first 100,000 images is $0.007 ($7 per 1,000)
    • You will only be charged if you exceed $200 a month
  • MONTHLY CREDIT
    • When signing up for your account, you will have $200 per month credit
  • CALL VOLUME
    • Each time you are dispatched and the alarm screen shows, the Street View API will be called
  • NUMBER OF DASHBOARDS
    • If you have multiple dashboards, and each dashboard gets every alarm, the API will be called on EACH dashboard
  • EXAMPLE SCENARIO 
    • Average Monthly calls 300 and you have 5 dashboards which get every alarm
      • 300 * 5 = 1,500 API calls
      • 1500 * $0.007 = $10.50 cost


Example of integration on First Arriving Dashboards