ViewPoint 3000

UpToWhere allows you to discover what you can see from any position on Earth. You can think of it as a 3D version of HeyWhatsThat. 

For the past 15 years, HeyWhatsThat has provided panoramic sketches and the names of visible peaks for nearly any location in the world. Simply click on any spot in HeyWhatsThat, and it generates a diagram of your viewpoint, marking all visible peaks.

UpToWhere offers a similar service but with a key enhancement—it visualizes the view range of any location on Earth as a fully interactive 3D map. Just click anywhere on the UpToWhere map, and it uses NASA's SRTM Digital Elevation 30m data to generate a realistic 3D simulation of what you can see from that spot. The shaded blue areas on the map represent the regions visible from your selected location.

Today, I've been using UpToWhere to check out the views from several houses in Italy that I’m considering renting for my summer vacation. This tool is also incredibly useful for anyone interested in hiking, mountaineering, skiing, or simply exploring different viewpoints.

One notable feature of HeyWhatsThat that is currently missing in UpToWhere is the identification of visible landmarks. HeyWhatsThat provides the names of significant peaks within your view, currently UpToWhere does not have this feature. However, you can partly work around this by switching from satellite view to map view. In map view, you can navigate to locations within your line of sight and read the place-name labels on the map (where available).