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Paris. 2147. The City of Light has literally become a city of light. Transportation by mechanical vehicle is but a dream; humans now travel by light orb. Buildings no longer require walls; their structure is light. Powering the city is a sun ring circling the Arc de Triomphe.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

DATA & DESIGN<\/h3>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Esri provides two vector basemap products. The Esri Basemaps and Open Basemaps. Future Paris used the Esri Basemaps as a launchpad.<\/p>\n

The buildings were stylized in the Vector Tile Style Editor. Naturally, Nova<\/a> was chosen as the seed style.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2985548,"id":2985548,"title":"City of Light Buildings","filename":"base-scaled.jpg","filesize":891007,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/city-of-light\/base-4","alt":"City of Light Buildings","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"base-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2985542,"date":"2026-10-21 17:03:45","modified":"2026-10-21 17:12:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1554,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-scaled.jpg","medium-width":430,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":466,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-scaled.jpg","large-width":1779,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-1536x933.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":933,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-2048x1243.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1243,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-766x465.jpg","card_image-width":766,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/base-1779x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1779,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The light orbs too, were stylized in the Vector Tile Style Editor. They are line sprites.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2985553,"id":2985553,"title":"City of Light Orbs","filename":"orbs-scaled.jpg","filesize":282380,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/city-of-light\/orbs","alt":"City of Light Orbs","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"orbs","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2985542,"date":"2026-10-21 17:14:16","modified":"2026-10-21 17:14:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1554,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-scaled.jpg","medium-width":430,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":466,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-scaled.jpg","large-width":1779,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-1536x933.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":933,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-2048x1243.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1243,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-766x465.jpg","card_image-width":766,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/orbs-1779x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1779,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The power ring and beams were digitized and blurred.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2985555,"id":2985555,"title":"City of Lights Beam","filename":"beam-scaled.jpg","filesize":257093,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/city-of-light\/beam","alt":"City of Lights Beam","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"beam","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2985542,"date":"2026-10-21 17:17:19","modified":"2026-10-21 17:17:38","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1554,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-scaled.jpg","medium-width":430,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":466,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-scaled.jpg","large-width":1779,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-1536x933.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":933,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-2048x1243.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1243,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-766x465.jpg","card_image-width":766,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/10\/beam-1779x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1779,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Finally, nothing says the future like an animation. 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