1. A method of displaying photographic imagery related to digital maps, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, map data for generating a digital map of a geographic area; generating, by the one or more processors, the digital map using the received map data; displaying, by the one or more processors, the digital map via a user interface; generating an interactive runway of photographic images corresponding to objects located within the geographic area, the interactive runway being an arrangement of the photographic images determined based on one or more viewing signals related to: (i) at least one of the photographic images, or (ii) an object to which at least one of the photographic images corresponds; displaying, by the one or more processors, the interactive runway over the digital map; detecting, by the one or more processors, a selection by a user of a one of the photographic images in the interactive runway; and displaying, by the one or more processors, the digital map in a street-level viewing mode from a perspective at a position corresponding to the selected photographic image.