the Middle East
United Arab Emirates from the air
Flyover drops you over 2 cities in United Arab Emirates — 1 the game rates easy, 1 standard. Each one below carries the tell the game uses: the single feature that separates it from everywhere else.
The 2 cities
- Abu Dhabi Reads as: island capital.
- Dubai Reads as: coast and towers.
Telling them apart
The hard part is rarely recognising that you are over United Arab Emirates — it is working out which of its cities you are over. Start with water and terrain, because those do not move: a coastal city cannot be confused with an inland one, and a city in a basin reads differently from a city on a plain.
Then use relative size. The game rates Dubai as easy, which usually means a landmark or a coastline you already know. Where no city here is rated expert, the country is one of the more forgiving ones to place.
Easily confused with
Other the Middle East cities in the game, which share enough climate and building era to cost you a round.