360° Municipal Government and City Virtual Tours

Showcasing Government Facilities and Public Services

Municipal governments maintain a wide range of public facilities that benefit from virtual tour coverage. Rather than listing services on a static webpage, a 360° tour lets viewers see the actual spaces and interact with relevant details through hotspots:

• Libraries: Patrons can explore reading rooms, meeting spaces, children's areas, and maker labs before visiting. Add hotspots with program schedules, event calendars, and online catalog links.
• Parks and recreation facilities: Showcase sports fields, playgrounds, trails, pools, and community gardens. Use hotspots to display rental availability, program registration, and seasonal hours.
• Community halls and event venues: Give event organizers a virtual walkthrough of available spaces, with capacity details and booking information embedded directly in the tour.
• Public transportation hubs: Help commuters and newcomers familiarize themselves with transit stations, bus routes, and parking facilities.
• Water treatment and public works: Provide educational tours of infrastructure the public rarely sees in person, useful for school groups, open government initiatives, and community transparency.
• Public art collections and cultural sites: Create accessible virtual galleries that extend reach beyond physical visitors and support arts funding advocacy.

SeekBeak's integrated form builder lets you embed feedback surveys, booking requests, and contact forms directly inside the tour. Responses are tracked with filtering by location, date range, and UTM campaign codes, so you can measure which facilities generate the most engagement.

For municipalities managing content across multiple departments, SeekBeak's Teams and Sub-Teams system lets each department maintain its own tours while keeping everything under a single organizational account with consolidated billing.

How to Create a Virtual Tour for a City Website

Building a community virtual tour with SeekBeak follows a straightforward process:

1. Capture 360° photos of each location using any consumer or professional 360° camera (Ricoh Theta, Insta360, GoPro MAX, or similar).
2. Upload to SeekBeak directly in your browser. Organize locations into groups by department, neighborhood, or facility type.
3. Add interactive elements: Place hotspots with descriptions, photos, videos, web links, and forms. Connect locations with navigation hotspots so viewers can move between scenes.
4. Overlay maps: Add a 2D map or aerial view of your municipality and link each map pin to the corresponding 360° location.
5. Embed and share: Publish the tour on your city website using the provided embed code, share direct links via social media and email newsletters, and print QR codes for physical materials.

The entire process runs in a web browser with no software installation, making it accessible to city staff at any technical skill level. Updates go live immediately: change a hotspot or add a new location, and every embedded instance of the tour reflects the change automatically. For a detailed look at 360° virtual tour software capabilities, see our platform overview.

Key Takeaways: Virtual Tours for Municipal Government

• A city virtual tour lets potential residents, businesses, and tourists explore your municipality from any device, anywhere in the world.
• SeekBeak is a no-code, browser-based platform that municipal staff can use without technical expertise or software installation.
• Interactive hotspots, embedded forms, maps, and analytics give government organizations tools to promote facilities, collect citizen feedback, and measure engagement in one place.
• WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility support and a Dynamic ADA Text Viewer help meet government accessibility requirements.
• Teams and Sub-Teams let multiple departments manage their own content under a single account with role-based access and consolidated billing.
• SeekBeak's Tour Guide feature enables live, guided virtual walkthroughs for remote audiences, with synchronized views and built-in communication tools.

A Cost-Effective Way to Promote Your Municipality

Unlike traditional marketing campaigns that require ongoing print and media spend, a SeekBeak virtual tour is a one-time build that stays current with simple updates. From business districts and local attractions to government facilities and public services, residents and visitors can explore everything that makes your community worth choosing.