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Visibility from Peaks - Where and How Much Can You See?

NOTE: This application is best viewed on laptop/tablet. If you are viewing this application on mobile, please rotate your screen to landscape mode.

With numerous amount of hills and peaks in Hong Kong, have you ever investigated where you can see when you reach the summit? This application allows you to view and check where and how much you could see from the peaks with given visible distance.

In the 3D map, the peaks are labelled with their names and height.

How to Use

  1. Drag and wander around the 3D map and investigate the topography Hong Kong.
  2. Click on the peaks (or any other places you like). A red pin will appear on the place you clicked.
  3. The application will then compute the visible area (viewshed in jargon) from that point. The white grids appears on the map shows the area visible from the selected point.
  4. Drag the slider to set your desired visibility (1-20km) to simulate how far you can see from the point.

Selected Spots

No idea where to start? Take a glance at the following scenes.

Current Visibility

Current visibility data are provided by Hong Kong Observatory.

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