Surroundings: imagery captured 29 Sep 2026, Copernicus Sentinel-2 (modified). Buildings, roads and coastline © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Near the projects: Esri World Imagery (Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community), powered by Esri. Sky: Qwantani Dusk 2 Pure Sky, Poly Haven, CC0. Night map: NASA astronaut photograph ISS030-E-99324, 22 February 2012 (ISS Crew Earth Observations, Johnson Space Center), public domain; NOWAD fitted it to the map. It shows Dubai in 2012, before the three projects.

Renders and film: DAMAC (Chelsea Residences sales library, 2025) and Emaar (Creek Haven page; The Heights library). NOWAD cropped them and extended only the plain sky above Creek Haven's. Distances are straight lines on the map, not views from a unit.

Project positions: DAMAC's and Emaar's own project pages. 3D models: proposed designs, NOWAD illustrations after the developers' published material; they are not the final buildings. The street of villas at The Heights is illustrative: Emaar has not published its layout.

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