St. Louis / In Space

Gateway
Arch.

630 ftHeight630 ftSpan

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About the model

Busch Stadium and Enterprise Center use mapped footprints and dated 2012 USGS lidar. Roof surfaces constrain their illustrated exteriors; seating, aisles, supports, facade details and materials are interpretations, not surveyed construction. Source elevations remain separate from terrain-relative display registration. Sports landmark provenance and build report.

The Arch is generated in Blender from the National Park Service’s centroid equation and triangular section dimensions. The swept surface is an approximation, not a construction model.

Missouri’s 2023–24 aerial imagery follows real USGS terrain. OpenStreetMap footprints and architectural references locate the buildings, paths, trees, and ponds. Landmark rooflines, façades, foliage, and materials are simplified interpretations. Aerial images retain some baked shadows and displaced roofs; this is a geographic visualization, not a photographic 3D reconstruction.

Desktop: drag to orbit, scroll to zoom, right-drag to pan. Beneath the Arch: drag to look and use WASD to walk. On Quest, open this HTTPS site, wait for the scene to load, then select Enter VR. On the tabletop, the left thumbstick controls yaw and altitude and the right thumbstick moves across the model. Hold the right trigger to point, then release over the terrain to enter there; press A to enter at the Arch. In full scale, the left thumbstick walks and the right thumbstick snap-turns. The left trigger returns to the tabletop.

Imagery: Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. Terrain: USGS / The National Map. Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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