This paper explores the route panorama and its integration with geographic information system for a visual indexing of a route and city.A more detailed layer than a road map in GIS systems associated with real cityscapes is introduced and implemented.Sequential route panoramas with small amount of data

continuous coverage of route scenes are acquired along all streets in an urban area.We construct an Internet based virtual city for free navigation in the area.Different visualization approaches realize fast streaming of visual data over the Internet and dynamic rendering of scenes in respond to viewer’s interaction.The integration of the route panorama with the GIS provides a visual index for discovery and retrieval of the information related to cities and geographic spaces.The applications of the route panorama are applied to city navigation

scene archiving

virtual tour

modeling and simulation

georeferencing

etc.