A method for interactive imaging on a cellular phone, comprising: rendering an image on a display for a cellular phone, the image having at least one icon for an active area embedded therein; detecting that a user has selected an active area indicated by an icon on the rendered image using an input device for the cellular phone; and automatically activating a function of the cellular phone corresponding to the active area of the rendered image, wherein the image comprises a selected one of: a map view showing at least a portion of a selected map and including at least one active area which, when selected by the user, activates a rendering function to display a corresponding panoramic scene view of a selected site in the map view, the corresponding panoramic scene view showing a panoramic scene view of the selected site and including at least one active area which, when selected by the user, activates a rendering function to display a corresponding meta view showing informational text regarding the selected site, and the corresponding meta view including at least one active area associated with a telephone number of a service related to the selected site, which, when selected by the user, activates a telephone dialing function of the cellular phone to dial the telephone number associated with that active area. rendering an image on a display for a cellular phone, the image having at least one icon for an active area embedded therein; detecting that a user has selected an active area indicated by an icon on the rendered image using an input device for the cellular phone; and automatically activating a function of the cellular phone corresponding to the active area of the rendered image, wherein the image comprises a selected one of: a map view showing at least a portion of a selected map and including at least one active area which, when selected by the user, activates a rendering function to display a corresponding panoramic scene view of a selected site in the map view, the corresponding panoramic scene view showing a panoramic scene view of the selected site and including at least one active area which, when selected by the user, activates a rendering function to display a corresponding meta view showing informational text regarding the selected site, and the corresponding meta view including at least one active area associated with a telephone number of a service related to the selected site, which, when selected by the user, activates a telephone dialing function of the cellular phone to dial the telephone number associated with that active area. a map view showing at least a portion of a selected map and including at least one active area which, when selected by the user, activates a rendering function to display a corresponding panoramic scene view of a selected site in the map view, the corresponding panoramic scene view showing a panoramic scene view of the selected site and including at least one active area which, when selected by the user, activates a rendering function to display a corresponding meta view showing informational text regarding the selected site, and the corresponding meta view including at least one active area associated with a telephone number of a service related to the selected site, which, when selected by the user, activates a telephone dialing function of the cellular phone to dial the telephone number associated with that active area.