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Worlds

Each place is built at up to three scales, each a world of its own: flying over it, driving its roads, walking its blocks. Pick one to open it in the viewer.

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Cities

The Grand Canyon from the Southwest's flying level

US Southwest

Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon, about 410 × 280 km, compressed between its landmarks so you can drive from the Strip to the canyon in minutes.

The Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco's flying level

San Francisco

The city block by block from its own building records: Victorians and rowhouses on the hills, Chinatown, Lombard Street, the bridges and the fog.

Central Park's Pond under the towers of Central Park South

New York

Manhattan from the city's lot records: brownstones and water towers in the Village, Midtown's towers, Central Park and the East River bridges.

Yasaka Pagoda over Higashiyama's machiya

Kyoto

Gion and Higashiyama's machiya and temples under the wooded hills, the Kamo River, and the basin from the air.

Central's waterfront on Victoria Harbour

Hong Kong

Victoria Harbour, Kowloon's tenements and neon, and the whole of Hong Kong Island, from Central's towers to the Peak and Aberdeen.

The Eiffel Tower over the Champ de Mars

Paris

Central Paris on foot: the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, the Opéra and the Seine's quays between Haussmann's blocks.

Shinjuku's towers

Tokyo

Shibuya to Shinjuku on foot, along the Yamanote line: Shinjuku's towers and the signs that light up at night.

National parks

Yosemite Valley between El Capitan and Half Dome

Yosemite

The valley between El Capitan and Half Dome, its granite walls drawn as sheer faces, and Cook's Meadow under Yosemite Falls.

Zion Canyon

Zion Canyon

The canyon from Zion Lodge, its walls in the strata they are cut through, by elevation.

Balanced Rock, Arches National Park

Arches

Stone arches and Balanced Rock standing over the desert, the ground cut away under them.

Grinnell Glacier and its lake under the Garden Wall

Glacier

The high country from Logan Pass to Many Glacier, and the Garden Wall from the air.

Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone

Yellowstone

The Upper and Midway Geyser Basins: hot pools in rings of colour, steam rising over them, and Old Faithful's boardwalk.