Hong KongRead the city through its layers

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Streets reading

Follow street direction, spacing and mapped road classes.

Zoom into Hong Kong to read street spacing.

Readability

Layers & style

Visible layers

Streets, rail & ferriesBuildingsSupporting pathsMapped green & land coverWaterPlaces & landmarks

Road classes

Mapped classes guide symbolic line weight, not traffic importance or measured width.

Map coloursRoad strength 1.3×Building opacity 30%Place and street labels

Map references

Planning zonesApproximate lot outlinesColour buildings by height

Planning intention is not current use. Map heights may be estimates; unknown heights stay flat.

Base treatmentCoordinate grid

Inspect visible places

Zoom in or turn on labels to list named places.

Sources & view link

A view link opens the same camera, layers and style. Analysis inputs travel with the downloaded analysis file.

OpenStreetMap via OpenFreeMap. Tiles simplify geometry and may be incomplete. Click a Hong Kong building to check available official records.

Street cells are derived from centrelines, not legal parcel boundaries. Terrain is flat in 2.5D; map heights may be estimates.

Camera

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Drag to pan. Right-drag to orbit and tilt; scroll to zoom. Two fingers rotate, tilt and pinch on touch screens.

Keyboard: focus the map, use + / − to zoom and Shift + arrows to rotate or tilt.

Read the direction and spacing of streets, with buildings between them.

Line widths are symbolic, based on mapped classes.

Move over a shape. Click to read it.

Streets · Red & charcoal22.3100°, 114.1600° · WGS84Click a feature to inspect