If you're like me, you might use a couple different 360 apps. I actually downloaded a 360 camera app from Occipital immediately before our massive vacation. Unfortunately most of my photos came out subpar. I don't quite have the talent for beautifully stitched 360s.
But this also created another problem. Occipital 360 photos upload to facebook directly from the App, but they show up under Occipital's Java, which only scrolls left to right, and doesn't allow you to move up or down. In fact, even when viewing ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE, you can only scroll left to right.
So how do you get a 360 up to Facebook or other sources the best way?
It's a little complicated, but just follow these instructions (no programming knowledge needed)
First, acquire the .jpg file of the panorama.
To do this with occipital, first, upload all pano's from your phone to your occipital account. You'll then want to log into your account from a PC/Mac, and download the flat image to your computer. It's easy enough, just find the "My Panorama's" page, and under every pano is the option to "Download image".
Now you have your flat image.
Next, you'll want a google+ account (free). You'll want to travel over to the group "Google Map Views" - https://plus.google.com/communities/103875683874059925989
Upload your pano to this page, add a caption if you'd like. Share your 360. Then click on your photo. On the right side of your photo you'll see "photo details"- click the dropdown arrow, and add the location of your photo.
Usually after a few minutes, you'll receive a google plus notification. Click your notification tab (upper right of google plus pages, will be a red circle with a number). You'll see "new panorama created from your library". Click on that box to open up your photo, then click "save" in the upper right corner.
Next, access your photo library. To do this, click on the set of nine boxes in the upper right corner of google plus next to your notifications icon. A menu will pop up, and you can select photos. Once on the photo page, click the panorama you want to put on facebook or other media. Click the "more options" button in the upper right corner (icon with 3 dots aligned vertically).
Download the photo to your computer.
From here, you can upload the photo directly to Facebook, and it will automatically identify as a 360 photo.
Or, you can take things a step further and add the photo to google maps, which will give you a large screen 360 view and a link to share anywhere you'd like.
Go to maps.google.com. Search for the location where you took the photo. On the left hand side, scroll down until you find "add a photo" (this is usually directly below a photo of the location)
Click this button, then find and select the downloaded panorama (not the first flat image, the one you got from uploading to google).
If you can't find the "add a photo" button on the left side scroll area, try clicking an existing photo. The "add a photo" option should show up on the far right of the set of images on the bottom of the screen.
After another few minutes, you should be able to find your photosphere on the map. (To find your contributions, just go to google maps, click on the menu next to the search bar, click "your contributions", and then click "photos"
Here's a few examples. Sorry for the crude quality.
Conrad Maldives Renovated Beach Villa
Park Hyatt Maldives Water Villas
National Harbor
Update 11/19: It appears this methodology may no longer work. Possible new solution:
1: Upload photos into google photos (use the 9-square icon next to the alerts icon in the upper right corner of google+
2: Wait until your library automatically stitches a panorama together (may take an hour or two)
3: Click the assistant button in the photos page (left side of the page, top icon)
