I’m fascinated by this graphic way of viewing the size and spatial relationship of the world’s cities.
I live right there in Denver but I was born in Laramie, which is that little spike up there to the left of Cheyenne.
Try it yourself: Human Terrain: Visualizing the World’s Population, in 3D. You should see your own area and be able to fly around the world looking at others
It seems like there should be some way of adapting this type of presentation to genealogy, but I’m not seeing it right off.
Revised to update link.