diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4534755c..b3827c4b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ _The Space Missions layer replaying a Falcon 9 ascent — labeled `RECONSTRUCTED
 
 **Setup.** At [mapillary.com/dashboard/developers](https://www.mapillary.com/dashboard/developers), register an application with **Read** access and copy its **Client Token** (`MLY|…`). Paste it into **POWER UP → Mapillary**, or set `MAPILLARY_CLIENT_TOKEN` in `.env` and restart. Without it the panel reads **KEY REQUIRED**.
 
-**Use.** Turn on **Street Level** under DATA LAYERS → Cameras, or with the pill in the STREET LEVEL panel header. Zoom in to street level (below 60 km) for the green coverage lines; from orbit the panel says to zoom in. The **IMAGERY** (ALL / 360° / FLAT) and **SINCE** filters narrow the lines, cones and nearest-photo lookups. Click a coverage line for its image cones and a cone to open the photo. Above the photo: **EXPAND** (full screen; Esc leaves) and **FIT / FILL**. The caption links to the image on mapillary.com, and the globe credits "© Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0" while the layer is on.
+**Use.** Turn on **Street Level** under DATA LAYERS → Cameras, or with the pill in the STREET LEVEL panel header. Zoom in to street level (below 60 km) for the green coverage lines; from orbit the panel says to zoom in. The **IMAGERY** (ALL / 360° / FLAT) and **SINCE** filters narrow the lines and cones. Click a coverage line for its image cones and a cone to open the photo. Above the photo: **EXPAND** (full screen; Esc leaves) and **FIT / FILL**. The caption links to the image on mapillary.com, and the globe credits "© Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0" while the layer is on.
 
 Share links carry the Mapillary switch and the filters (`0.m.0` Mapillary off, `0.p.p` panoramas only, `0.s.365` the last year).
 
diff --git a/scripts/fixtures/street-level/mapillaryGraph.mjs b/scripts/fixtures/street-level/mapillaryGraph.mjs
index 9b44919ca..5653b0092 100644
--- a/scripts/fixtures/street-level/mapillaryGraph.mjs
+++ b/scripts/fixtures/street-level/mapillaryGraph.mjs
@@ -27,15 +27,6 @@ export const THUMB_HOST = 'qa-fixture.mapillary.com';
 
 const METRES_PER_DEG_LAT = 110_540;
 
-/** Ground distance in metres, as the app's metresBetween. */
-export function metresApart(a, b) {
-  const lat = (((a.lat + b.lat) / 2) * Math.PI) / 180;
-  return Math.hypot(
-    (b.lon - a.lon) * 111_320 * Math.cos(lat),
-    (b.lat - a.lat) * METRES_PER_DEG_LAT,
-  );
-}
-
 /**
  * Photos along PHOTO_LINE, south to north; every third one is a panorama.
  * @returns {Array<{id: string, lon: number, lat: number, isPano: boolean, capturedAt: number, compassAngle: number}>}
@@ -181,18 +172,6 @@ export function answerMapillaryRequest({ method, url, images }) {
         : [];
       return { ...json(200, { data }), known: true };
     }
-    if (q.has('lat') && q.has('lng')) {
-      const at = { lat: Number(q.get('lat')), lon: Number(q.get('lng')) };
-      const radius = Math.min(50, Number(q.get('radius')) || 50);
-      const limit = Number(q.get('limit')) || 10;
-      // In no particular order, as the real API answers.
-      const data = photos
-        .filter((image) => metresApart(at, image) <= radius)
-        .reverse()
-        .slice(0, limit)
-        .map((image) => withFields(imageRecord(image), fields));
-      return { ...json(200, { data }), known: true };
-    }
     if (q.has('s2')) return { ...json(200, { data: [] }), known: true };
     return {
       ...json(400, { error: 'unsupported images query' }),
diff --git a/scripts/qa-street-level.mjs b/scripts/qa-street-level.mjs
index 282450023..df5b9ffc7 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-street-level.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-street-level.mjs
@@ -264,6 +264,35 @@ async function assertKeyRequired(page) {
   assert.match(shown.hint, /MAPILLARY_CLIENT_TOKEN/, 'names the key to add');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Client coordinates of the first thing drawn whose pick id starts with
+ * `prefix`, scanning `box` ({x, y, w, h} in canvas pixels; default: a row
+ * across the middle) every `step` px; null when nothing matches.
+ */
+const findPick = (page, prefix, { box = null, step = 3 } = {}) =>
+  page.evaluate(
+    (want, area, stride) => {
+      const { scene } = window.__godsEyeView.viewer;
+      const rect = scene.canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const { x, y, w, h } = area || {
+        x: 0,
+        y: Math.round(rect.height / 2),
+        w: rect.width,
+        h: 1,
+      };
+      for (let py = y; py < y + h; py += stride)
+        for (let px = x; px < x + w; px += stride) {
+          const id = scene.pick({ x: px, y: py })?.id;
+          if (typeof id === 'string' && id.startsWith(want))
+            return { x: rect.left + px, y: rect.top + py, local: { x: px, y: py } };
+        }
+      return null;
+    },
+    prefix,
+    box,
+    step,
+  );
+
 /** Park the camera over the photo line; a late startup flight can move it. */
 async function park(page) {
   for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 5; attempt++) {
@@ -519,14 +548,30 @@ async function main() {
       await park(page);
       await waitForCoverage(page);
       await step(
-        'the viewer loads and the nearest photo opens with a caption',
+        'a line selects its sequence, and a cone opens its photo with a caption',
         async () => {
-          await page.evaluate(() => {
-            // Fire and forget: the open can outlive one CDP call.
-            void window.__godsEyeView.dataManager.layers
-              .get('street-level')
-              .module.openNearest();
+          // Fixtures answer lookups for the photo sequence only.
+          const line = await findPick(
+            page,
+            fixtures ? `mly:seq:${PHOTO_SEQUENCE_ID}` : 'mly:seq:',
+          );
+          assert.ok(line, 'a sequence line across the middle of the view');
+          await page.mouse.click(line.x, line.y);
+          await uiUntil(
+            page,
+            (u) => u.sequence.selectedId && !u.sequence.loading,
+          );
+          const cone = await findPick(page, 'mly:img:', {
+            box: {
+              x: Math.max(0, line.local.x - 150),
+              y: Math.max(0, line.local.y - 150),
+              w: 300,
+              h: 300,
+            },
+            step: 8,
           });
+          assert.ok(cone, 'an image cone near the selected line');
+          await page.mouse.click(cone.x, cone.y);
           await uiUntil(
             page,
             (u) => (u.street.imageId && !u.street.loading) || u.street.error,
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js
index e6089d34c..be3e28e79 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/index.js
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-import { createState, isActive } from './state.js';
+import { createState } from './state.js';
 import { createMarker } from './marker.js';
 import { createCameraFraming } from './cameraFraming.js';
 import { createCredit } from './credits.js';
 import { createSelection } from './selection.js';
 import { createViewerHost } from './viewerHost.js';
-import { normalizeFilter, resolveFilter, sameFilter } from './filter.js';
-import { viewCentre } from './view.js';
+import { normalizeFilter, sameFilter } from './filter.js';
 import { COLORS, STREET_LEVEL_LAYER_ID } from './policy.js';
 import { createCoverage } from './providers/mapillary/coverage.js';
 import { createSequences } from './providers/mapillary/sequences.js';
 import { createMapillaryViewer } from './providers/mapillary/viewer.js';
-import { nearestImageId } from './providers/mapillary/nearest.js';
 import {
   COLORS as MAPILLARY_COLORS,
   MAPILLARY_CREDIT_HTML,
   MAPILLARY_KEY_ID,
   MAPILLARY_SOURCE_METHODS,
-  NEAREST_RADIUS_M,
 } from './providers/mapillary/policy.js';
 
 export { STREET_LEVEL_LAYER_ID } from './policy.js';
@@ -124,7 +121,6 @@ export function createStreetLevelLayer({
 
   /** Close the photo, clear lines and cones, forget refusals. */
   function stopDrawing() {
-    abortNearest();
     parts.viewerHost.unmount();
     parts.coverage.detach();
     parts.coverage.clear();
@@ -145,16 +141,7 @@ export function createStreetLevelLayer({
     notify();
   }
 
-  /** The nearest-image lookup in flight; any newer user action aborts it. */
-  let nearestLookup = null;
-
-  function abortNearest() {
-    nearestLookup?.abort();
-    nearestLookup = null;
-  }
-
   function openImage(imageId) {
-    abortNearest();
     return parts.viewerHost.open(imageId);
   }
 
@@ -319,44 +306,8 @@ export function createStreetLevelLayer({
       parts.viewerHost.attach(element);
     },
     openImage,
-    /** Open the nearest image around a point (default: the view centre). */
-    async openNearest(point) {
-      if (!isActive(state)) return false;
-      const view = point || viewCentre(state.viewer);
-      if (!Number.isFinite(view?.lat) || !Number.isFinite(view?.lon))
-        return false;
-      abortNearest();
-      const lookup = new AbortController();
-      nearestLookup = lookup;
-      state.street.loading = true;
-      state.street.error = null;
-      notify();
-      let imageId = null;
-      let failure = null;
-      try {
-        imageId = await nearestImageId(
-          source,
-          { lat: view.lat, lon: view.lon },
-          resolveFilter(state.filter),
-          { signal: lookup.signal },
-        );
-      } catch (error) {
-        failure = error;
-      }
-      // Overtaken, closed or switched off: whatever did that owns the panel.
-      if (lookup.signal.aborted) return false;
-      nearestLookup = null;
-      if (imageId) return openImage(imageId);
-      state.street.error =
-        failure?.message ||
-        `No street-level imagery within ${NEAREST_RADIUS_M} m of the view centre`;
-      state.street.loading = false;
-      notify();
-      return false;
-    },
     /** Close the image and deselect its sequence on the map. */
     closeViewer() {
-      abortNearest();
       parts.viewerHost.close();
       parts.sequences.clearSelection();
     },
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/index.test.mjs b/src/layers/streetLevel/index.test.mjs
index 069238c51..93556b93d 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/index.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/index.test.mjs
@@ -132,17 +132,6 @@ function deferred() {
 const posingViewer = () =>
   fakePhotoViewer({ pose: { position: { lon: -121.49, lat: 38.58 } } });
 
-/** Nearest-image lookups that answer when the test says, with their signals. */
-function slowLookups() {
-  const lookups = [];
-  const nearestImages = (query, { signal } = {}) => {
-    const answer = deferred();
-    lookups.push({ query, signal, answer });
-    return answer.promise.then((id) => [{ id, is_pano: false }]);
-  };
-  return { lookups, source: fakeMapillarySource({ nearestImages }) };
-}
-
 test('the CC BY-SA credit shows while Mapillary is on and goes with it', async (t) => {
   const { layer, viewer } = await startLayer(t);
   const shown = () => viewer.credits.map((credit) => credit.html);
@@ -217,41 +206,6 @@ test('switching Mapillary off clears coverage and closes the image it shows', as
   assert.equal(layer.getUIState().providerOn, false);
 });
 
-test('openNearest without the panel reports it instead of loading forever', async (t) => {
-  const source = fakeMapillarySource({
-    nearestImages: async () => [{ id: 1 }],
-  });
-  const { layer, photoViewer } = await startLayer(t, { source });
-  assert.equal(await layer.openNearest({ lat: 38.58, lon: -121.49 }), false);
-  const { street } = layer.getUIState();
-  assert.equal(street.loading, false);
-  assert.match(street.error, /Open the Street Level panel/);
-  assert.equal(photoViewer.calls.mount, 0);
-});
-
-test('openNearest opens nothing once the layer or its switch went off during the lookup', async (t) => {
-  for (const off of [
-    (layer) => layer.disable(),
-    (layer) => layer.setParams({ mapillary: false }),
-  ]) {
-    const { lookups, source } = slowLookups();
-    const { layer, photoViewer } = await startLayer(t, { source });
-    layer.attachViewerHost({});
-    const opening = layer.openNearest({ lat: 38.58, lon: -121.49 });
-    off(layer);
-    lookups[0].answer.resolve('img1');
-    assert.equal(await opening, false);
-    assert.equal(lookups[0].signal.aborted, true, 'the request was aborted');
-    assert.equal(photoViewer.calls.mount, 0, 'no viewer was stood up');
-    const { street } = layer.getUIState();
-    assert.deepEqual(
-      [street.open, street.loading, street.error],
-      [false, false, null],
-    );
-    layer.destroy();
-  }
-});
-
 test('a sequence error is withdrawn with the sequence, never the viewer’s own', async (t) => {
   const source = fakeMapillarySource({
     getSequenceImages: async () => {
@@ -292,65 +246,6 @@ test('closing the photo, switching the layer off or destroying it stops the fram
   assert.equal(viewer.flights.cancelled, 3, 'destroyed');
 });
 
-test('an older nearest lookup that answers late cannot replace a newer one', async (t) => {
-  const { lookups, source } = slowLookups();
-  const { layer, photoViewer } = await startLayer(t, { source });
-  layer.attachViewerHost({});
-  const older = layer.openNearest({ lat: 38.58, lon: -121.49 });
-  const newer = layer.openNearest({ lat: 38.59, lon: -121.48 });
-  lookups[1].answer.resolve('newer');
-  assert.equal(await newer, true);
-  lookups[0].answer.resolve('older');
-  assert.equal(await older, false);
-  assert.deepEqual(photoViewer.calls.open, ['newer']);
-  assert.equal(lookups[0].signal?.aborted, true, 'its request was aborted');
-  assert.equal(lookups[1].signal?.aborted, false);
-});
-
-test('an image picked during a nearest lookup wins over its late answer', async (t) => {
-  const { lookups, source } = slowLookups();
-  const { layer, photoViewer } = await startLayer(t, { source });
-  layer.attachViewerHost({});
-  const lookup = layer.openNearest({ lat: 38.58, lon: -121.49 });
-  // A cone click opens its image directly.
-  assert.equal(await layer.openImage('picked'), true);
-  lookups[0].answer.resolve('nearest');
-  assert.equal(await lookup, false);
-  assert.deepEqual(photoViewer.calls.open, ['picked']);
-  assert.equal(lookups[0].signal?.aborted, true);
-});
-
-test('closing the viewer or switching the layer off retires a nearest lookup', async (t) => {
-  const { lookups, source } = slowLookups();
-  const { layer, viewer, photoViewer } = await startLayer(t, { source });
-  layer.attachViewerHost({});
-
-  const closed = layer.openNearest({ lat: 38.58, lon: -121.49 });
-  layer.closeViewer();
-  // The aborted fetch rejects, as fetch does; that is not the user's error.
-  lookups[0].answer.reject(new DOMException('aborted', 'AbortError'));
-  assert.equal(await closed, false);
-  let { street } = layer.getUIState();
-  assert.deepEqual(
-    [street.open, street.loading, street.error],
-    [false, false, null],
-  );
-  assert.equal(lookups[0].signal?.aborted, true, 'closing aborts the request');
-
-  const disabled = layer.openNearest({ lat: 38.58, lon: -121.49 });
-  layer.disable();
-  layer.enable(viewer);
-  lookups[1].answer.resolve('img1');
-  assert.equal(await disabled, false, 'nor does it open once back on');
-  assert.deepEqual(photoViewer.calls.open, []);
-  ({ street } = layer.getUIState());
-  assert.deepEqual(
-    [street.open, street.loading, street.error],
-    [false, false, null],
-  );
-  assert.equal(lookups[1].signal?.aborted, true, 'layer off aborts it too');
-});
-
 test('setParams takes "any date" (0 days) and the switch over the current values (share-link defaults)', async (t) => {
   assert.throws(() => createStreetLevelLayer({ source: {} }), /source/);
   const { layer } = await startLayer(t);
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/mapillary.test.mjs b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/mapillary.test.mjs
index 8b3d7fd08..3dcd43b12 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/mapillary.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/mapillary.test.mjs
@@ -1,31 +1,8 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
-import { nearestImageId } from './nearest.js';
 import { mapillaryImageUrl } from './policy.js';
 import { sequenceIdFromPick } from './coverage.js';
 import { thinImages } from './sequences.js';
-import { resolveFilter } from '../../filter.js';
-
-const ALL = Object.freeze({ pano: 'all', sinceMs: null });
-
-/** A source answering nearest-image lookups with `nearest`, recording options. */
-function fakeSource(nearest = []) {
-  const requests = [];
-  return {
-    requests,
-    nearestImages: async (query, options) => {
-      requests.push({ query, options });
-      return nearest;
-    },
-  };
-}
-
-const at = (id, lon, lat) => ({
-  id,
-  is_pano: false,
-  captured_at: 10,
-  geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [lon, lat] },
-});
 
 test('image deep links match the mapillary.com share format', () => {
   assert.equal(
@@ -35,101 +12,12 @@ test('image deep links match the mapillary.com share format', () => {
   assert.equal(mapillaryImageUrl('  '), 'https://www.mapillary.com/app/');
 });
 
-test('nearestImageId honours the imagery filter and hands the signal to the source', async () => {
-  const source = fakeSource([
-    { id: 1, is_pano: false, captured_at: 10 },
-    { id: 2, is_pano: true, captured_at: 20 },
-  ]);
-  const { signal } = new AbortController();
-  assert.equal(
-    await nearestImageId(source, { lat: 1, lon: 2 }, ALL, { signal }),
-    '1',
-  );
-  assert.equal(source.requests[0].options.signal, signal);
-  assert.equal(source.requests[0].query.radius, 50);
-  assert.equal(
-    await nearestImageId(
-      source,
-      { lat: 1, lon: 2 },
-      {
-        pano: 'pano',
-        sinceMs: null,
-      },
-    ),
-    '2',
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    await nearestImageId(
-      source,
-      { lat: 1, lon: 2 },
-      {
-        pano: 'all',
-        sinceMs: 100,
-      },
-    ),
-    null,
-  );
-});
-
-test('any part of a multi-part sequence picks the whole sequence', () => {
+test('a sequence line pick names its sequence; other picks do not', () => {
   assert.equal(sequenceIdFromPick('mly:seq:abc'), 'abc');
-  assert.equal(sequenceIdFromPick('mly:seq:abc~2'), 'abc');
   assert.equal(sequenceIdFromPick('mly:img:abc'), null);
   assert.equal(sequenceIdFromPick(null), null);
 });
 
-test('nearestImageId picks the closest image, not the first the API returned', async () => {
-  const source = fakeSource([
-    at('far', 2.0004, 1), // ~45 m east
-    at('near', 2.00005, 1), // ~5 m east
-    at('mid', 2, 1.0002), // ~22 m north
-  ]);
-  assert.equal(await nearestImageId(source, { lat: 1, lon: 2 }, ALL), 'near');
-});
-
-test('a "since N days" window follows the clock in a long-open tab', async (t) => {
-  t.mock.timers.enable({ apis: ['Date'], now: Date.UTC(2026, 9, 1) });
-  const day = 86_400_000;
-  const capturedAt = Date.now() - day / 2;
-  const source = fakeSource([
-    { id: 'recent', is_pano: false, captured_at: capturedAt },
-  ]);
-  // The layer resolves the stored filter on every lookup.
-  const lookup = () =>
-    nearestImageId(
-      source,
-      { lat: 1, lon: 2 },
-      resolveFilter({ pano: 'all', sinceDays: 1 }),
-    );
-  assert.equal(await lookup(), 'recent');
-  t.mock.timers.tick(2 * day);
-  assert.equal(
-    await lookup(),
-    null,
-    'two days on, the image is older than the window',
-  );
-});
-
-test('nearestImageId measures the short way round the date line', async () => {
-  const east = fakeSource([
-    at('same-side', 179.9995, 0), // ~45 m west, on the camera's side
-    at('across', -179.9999, 0), // ~11 m east, across ±180°
-  ]);
-  assert.equal(
-    await nearestImageId(east, { lat: 0, lon: 179.9999 }, ALL),
-    'across',
-  );
-  // And from the other side.
-  const west = fakeSource([
-    at('same-side', -179.9995, 0),
-    at('across', 179.9999, 0),
-  ]);
-  assert.equal(
-    await nearestImageId(west, { lat: 0, lon: -179.9999 }, ALL),
-    'across',
-  );
-});
-
 test('cone thinning across the date line drops images metres apart', () => {
   const image = (id, lon) => ({ id, lon, lat: 0 });
   // A sequence driving east over ±180° with images ~1 m apart, then ~11 m on.
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/nearest.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/nearest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 89832b1e3..000000000
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/nearest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import { passesImageryFilter } from '../../filter.js';
-import { metresBetween } from '../../view.js';
-import { NEAREST_LIMIT, NEAREST_RADIUS_M } from './policy.js';
-
-/**
- * Id of the nearest image around a point that passes the resolved imagery
- * filter, or null. An aborted `signal` gives up (the source may reject).
- */
-export async function nearestImageId(
-  source,
-  { lat, lon },
-  filter,
-  { signal } = {},
-) {
-  const images = await source.nearestImages(
-    { lat, lon, radius: NEAREST_RADIUS_M, limit: NEAREST_LIMIT },
-    { signal },
-  );
-  // The API returns the images in the radius in no particular order.
-  const metres = (record) => {
-    const [lon2, lat2] = (record.computed_geometry || record.geometry)
-      ?.coordinates || [NaN, NaN];
-    const d = metresBetween({ lon, lat }, { lon: lon2, lat: lat2 });
-    return Number.isFinite(d) ? d : Infinity;
-  };
-  const hit = [...images]
-    .sort((a, b) => metres(a) - metres(b))
-    .find((record) =>
-      passesImageryFilter(
-        {
-          isPano: record.is_pano === true,
-          capturedAt: Number(record.captured_at) || 0,
-        },
-        filter,
-      ),
-    );
-  return hit ? String(hit.id) : null;
-}
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/policy.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/policy.js
index 36fa2e0b0..0308c1131 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/policy.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/policy.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export const MAPILLARY_SOURCE_METHODS = Object.freeze([
   'getStatus',
   'getTile',
   'getSequenceImages',
-  'nearestImages',
 ]);
 
 /** Stable id prefixes for picked primitives; every one starts with `mly:`. */
@@ -48,11 +47,6 @@ export const SEQUENCE_IMAGES_LIMIT = 2000;
 export const IMAGE_CONE_SIZE_PX = 26;
 export const IMAGE_CONE_MIN_SPACING_M = 3;
 
-/** Nearest-image search radius in metres (the graph API caps it at 50 m). */
-export const NEAREST_RADIUS_M = 50;
-/** Images asked for in a nearest-image search. */
-export const NEAREST_LIMIT = 8;
-
 /** On-globe credit: Mapillary imagery is CC BY-SA 4.0 and needs attribution. */
 export const MAPILLARY_CREDIT_HTML =
   'Street Level: imagery © <a href="https://www.mapillary.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mapillary</a> contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0';
@@ -64,8 +58,5 @@ export function mapillaryImageUrl(imageId) {
   return `https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=${encodeURIComponent(id)}&focus=photo`;
 }
 
-/** Fields requested from the graph API. */
-export const IMAGE_FIELDS =
-  'id,captured_at,compass_angle,computed_compass_angle,geometry,computed_geometry,computed_altitude,is_pano,sequence,thumb_256_url,creator,quality_score';
-export const SEQUENCE_IMAGE_FIELDS =
-  'id,captured_at,compass_angle,geometry,is_pano,computed_altitude';
+/** Fields requested for a sequence's images. */
+export const SEQUENCE_IMAGE_FIELDS = 'id,captured_at,compass_angle,geometry,is_pano';
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.js
index 8871f3173..008697b1b 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import {
-  IMAGE_FIELDS,
   MAPILLARY_GRAPH_HOST,
-  NEAREST_LIMIT,
-  NEAREST_RADIUS_M,
   SEQUENCE_IMAGE_FIELDS,
   SEQUENCE_IMAGES_LIMIT,
 } from './policy.js';
@@ -126,23 +123,5 @@ export function createMapillarySource({
       );
       return Array.isArray(payload?.data) ? payload.data : [];
     },
-
-    async nearestImages(
-      { lat, lon, radius = NEAREST_RADIUS_M, limit = NEAREST_LIMIT },
-      { signal } = {},
-    ) {
-      const payload = await graph(
-        'images',
-        {
-          lat: String(lat),
-          lng: String(lon),
-          radius: String(Math.min(50, Math.max(1, radius))),
-          limit: String(Math.min(100, Math.max(1, limit))),
-          fields: IMAGE_FIELDS,
-        },
-        { signal },
-      );
-      return Array.isArray(payload?.data) ? payload.data : [];
-    },
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.test.mjs b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.test.mjs
index e7927e90b..d744e499d 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/providers/mapillary/source.test.mjs
@@ -62,21 +62,6 @@ test('graph lookups call graph.mapillary.com with the client token and requested
   assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('access_token'), 'MLY|1|abc');
   assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('sequence_ids'), 'seq-1');
   assert.match(url.searchParams.get('fields'), /geometry/);
-
-  const nearest = await source.nearestImages({
-    lat: 38.5,
-    lon: -121.5,
-    radius: 500,
-    limit: 500,
-  });
-  assert.equal(nearest.length, 1);
-  const nearestUrl = new URL(calls[1].url);
-  assert.equal(
-    nearestUrl.searchParams.get('radius'),
-    '50',
-    'radius is clamped to the API maximum',
-  );
-  assert.equal(nearestUrl.searchParams.get('limit'), '100');
 });
 
 test('graph calls without a token fail fast as keyRequired without a request', async () => {
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/view.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/view.js
index 4cfd98b2c..ead085c35 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/view.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/view.js
@@ -153,20 +153,6 @@ export function visibleBbox(
   ];
 }
 
-/** Centre of the visible ground, or the camera's own footprint. */
-export function viewCentre(viewer) {
-  if (!viewer) return null;
-  const bbox = visibleBbox(viewer);
-  if (bbox) {
-    // Across the date line (west > east) the middle is on the far side of 0°.
-    const span = bbox[2] - bbox[0] + (bbox[0] > bbox[2] ? 360 : 0);
-    let lon = bbox[0] + span / 2;
-    if (lon > 180) lon -= 360;
-    return { lat: (bbox[1] + bbox[3]) / 2, lon };
-  }
-  return cameraNadir(viewer);
-}
-
 /** The point on the ground under the camera, as {lon, lat} degrees. */
 export function cameraNadir(viewer) {
   const carto = viewer?.camera?.positionCartographic;
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/view.test.mjs b/src/layers/streetLevel/view.test.mjs
index 3c8370f3e..d0da93f36 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/view.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/view.test.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   createHorizonCull,
   groundUnderCamera,
   metresBetween,
-  viewCentre,
   viewFocus,
   visibleBbox,
 } from './view.js';
@@ -89,16 +88,11 @@ test('a view across the date line is a narrow box with west > east', () => {
   const bbox = visibleBbox(viewer);
   assert.ok(bbox[0] > 177 && bbox[0] < 179, `west ${bbox[0]}`);
   assert.ok(bbox[2] < -177 && bbox[2] > -179, `east ${bbox[2]}`);
-  const centre = viewCentre(viewer);
-  assert.ok(Math.abs(Math.abs(centre.lon) - 180) < 0.5, `centre ${centre.lon}`);
 });
 
 test('an ordinary view keeps west < east', () => {
   const bbox = visibleBbox(gridViewer([10, 11, 12], [50, 51]));
   assert.ok(bbox[0] < bbox[2]);
-  assert.ok(
-    Math.abs(viewCentre(gridViewer([10, 11, 12], [50, 51])).lon - 11) < 1e-6,
-  );
 });
 
 /** A pinhole viewer `agl` m above ground `ground` m up, looking north. */
diff --git a/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js b/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js
index c22ef999c..87d58e85d 100644
--- a/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js
+++ b/src/layers/streetLevel/viewerHost.js
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ export function createViewerHost({ state, parts, adapter }) {
   async function open(imageId) {
     if (!imageId) return false;
     if (!state.street.host) {
-      // A nearest-image lookup may have set it; nothing is loading now.
-      state.street.loading = false;
       state.street.error = 'Open the Street Level panel to view imagery';
       notify();
       return false;
diff --git a/src/testSupport/streetLevelFakes.mjs b/src/testSupport/streetLevelFakes.mjs
index 6ae8d95ed..76a8125bd 100644
--- a/src/testSupport/streetLevelFakes.mjs
+++ b/src/testSupport/streetLevelFakes.mjs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export function fakeMapillarySource(overrides = {}) {
       return new Uint8Array(0);
     },
     getSequenceImages: async () => [],
-    nearestImages: async () => [],
     ...overrides,
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/tooling/streetLevelQa.test.mjs b/src/tooling/streetLevelQa.test.mjs
index e1f3f63d0..e8e7e782a 100644
--- a/src/tooling/streetLevelQa.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tooling/streetLevelQa.test.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { fixtureTile } from '../../scripts/qa-street-level.mjs';
 import {
   answerMapillaryRequest,
   describeCall,
-  metresApart,
   PHOTO_LINE,
   PHOTO_SEQUENCE_ID,
   photoImages,
@@ -73,16 +72,14 @@ test('the photo sequence runs through the parked view, clipped to each tile it c
   );
 });
 
-test('the fixture photos: one sequence, 360° and flat, close enough for any nearest lookup on the line', () => {
+test('the fixture photos: one sequence, 360° and flat, spaced past the cone thinning', () => {
   const images = photoImages(Date.UTC(2026, 9, 1));
   assert.ok(images.length >= 3);
   assert.ok(images.some((image) => image.isPano));
   assert.ok(images.some((image) => !image.isPano));
   for (let i = 1; i < images.length; i++) {
-    const gap = metresApart(images[i - 1], images[i]);
-    // Above the cones' 3 m thinning, and at most 50 m apart: any point on
-    // the line has a photo within the Graph API's 50 m radius.
-    assert.ok(gap > 3 && gap < 50, `gap ${gap}`);
+    const gap = (images[i].lat - images[i - 1].lat) * 110_540;
+    assert.ok(gap > 3, `gap ${gap}`);
   }
   assert.equal(new Set(images.map((image) => image.id)).size, images.length);
 });
@@ -97,35 +94,8 @@ const answer = (url, method = 'GET') => {
   };
 };
 
-test('the Graph fixtures answer the provider’s nearest and sequence lookups', () => {
+test('the Graph fixtures answer the provider’s sequence lookups', () => {
   const images = photoImages();
-  const middle = images[Math.floor(images.length / 2)];
-  const near = answer(
-    graph('images', {
-      lat: String(middle.lat + 0.0001),
-      lng: String(middle.lon),
-      radius: '50',
-      limit: '8',
-      fields: 'id,geometry,is_pano,captured_at,sequence',
-    }),
-  );
-  assert.equal(near.status, 200);
-  assert.ok(near.json.data.length > 0);
-  assert.ok(near.json.data.some((record) => record.id === middle.id));
-  for (const record of near.json.data) {
-    assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(record).sort(), [
-      'captured_at',
-      'geometry',
-      'id',
-      'is_pano',
-      'sequence',
-    ]);
-    assert.equal(record.sequence, PHOTO_SEQUENCE_ID);
-  }
-  const far = answer(
-    graph('images', { lat: '0', lng: '0', radius: '50', fields: 'id' }),
-  );
-  assert.deepEqual(far.json.data, [], 'nothing outside the radius');
   const sequence = answer(
     graph('images', {
       sequence_ids: PHOTO_SEQUENCE_ID,