How To Use Google Street View For Accurate Route Planning

Planning efficient multi-stop routes is easy with the Route4Me Route Planner, which integrates navigation tools like Apple Maps and Google Street View. Google Street View lets you visually verify and select real-life locations, improving accuracy beyond standard map pins or addresses. Unlike manual route planning, this approach lets you navigate streets virtually and add stops confidently for the fastest, most precise delivery routes.

To plan routes using Google Street View, first, go to “Plan New Route” from the navigation menu and then select the “Interactive Map Editor” option.

Next, adjust the following route optimization settings:

1. Go to the “Optimization” tab;
2. Select the preferred optimization type: Single Driver Route, Multiple Drivers Route, or Balanced Team Route;
3. Choose where to end the routes after the last stop on each route is visited and serviced.

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After that, specify the rest of the route’s parameters to your preference and then click on the “Create Route and Proceed to Add Addresses” button.

Next, in the Interactive Map Editor, drag and drop the Pegman icon from the top left corner of the interactive map to any preferred location on the map from where you want to start navigating with Google Street View.

After that, use Google routing to navigate through the streets in the selected area. Once you found the location that you want to add to the route as a stop, first, copy the location’s address in the top left corner of the interactive map, paste it into an empty address field in the editor, and then select one of the suggested geocoded address options accordingly.

Continue navigating the streets by real-life images using Google Street View to add more addresses into the route. For more convenience, add aliases to your addresses. To finish and plan the route with added addresses, click on the “Finish Adding Addresses” button accordingly.

Once the route is planned and optimized, you can view all added addresses using Google Street View. To do so, drag and drop the Pegman icon from the top left corner of the interactive map next to any preferred route stop. After that, use Google Street View to navigate the area around the corresponding route stop by real-life images.

You can also add more addresses to the already planned and optimized route using Google Street View. To do so, first, go to “Insert” and then select “Addresses” from the menu. Next, drag and drop the Pegman icon from the top left corner of the interactive map to the area on the map from which you want to add one or multiple addresses to the route.

After that, use Google Street View to navigate through the corresponding area. Once you found the location that you want to add to the route as a stop, first, copy the location’s address in the top left corner of the interactive map, paste it into an empty address field in the editor, and then select one of the suggested geocoded address options accordingly. To finish, first, select where on the route you want to insert the new address(es) and then click on the “Finish Adding Addresses” button.

Last Updated: March 18, 2025August 4, 2025