Map of the Fortnight 287: In the Heights

[CourageousLife]

In the Heights

The Challenge
Create a map of the world's tallest man-made structures in an alternate timeline

The Restrictions
There are no restrictions on when your PoD or map may be set. Fantasy, sci-fi, and future maps are allowed, but blatantly implausible (ASB) maps are not.

If you're not sure whether your idea meets the criteria of this challenge, please feel free to PM me or comment in the main thread.

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The entry period for this round will end when the voting thread is posted on Monday the 4th of March.

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[Jajax]

As the 22nd century begins, The Republic of Colombia operates three of the world's five space elevators. They were built largely in the late 21st century, during a period of intense rivalry between Colombia and the rising power of India for global leadership. Colombia ultimately would lose this cold war, and even its local hegemony in the Americas. When Cuba, Concessionary Tejas, and much of Central America split off in 2098, the Republic's power fell lower than they had for two hundred years. In that crisis, the government threw itself into the task of completing the third and most advanced space elevator, the PDC Colombiana in the Galapagos. Although the Colombiana's original purpose--contesting the skies with geopolitical rivals--is no longer relevant, she has salvaged her country's international prestige as an economic and scientific center. Colombia, no longer counted with the great powers of Earth, still retains some of the glory in space, where it is a leader in asteroid mining and coordinates the operation of lunar facilities for most other nations, thanks to the space elevator program.
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My other thought for this challenge was to do a map of an alternate birth of civilization, showing the earliest settlements with two-story buildings.

 

[Libaton]

I hope it doesn't have to be Earth