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[[File:water data map.png]]The water data map button reveals the city's water table. The darker blue an area is the more water is contains.
[[File:coal data map.png]]The [[coal, ore and oil ]] data map buttons reveal button reveals the city's underground coal deposits. The darker grey an area is the more resource coal it contains.
[[File:wind data map.png]]The wind data map shows the blue arrows that indicate the direction of the wind blowing over your city.
*[[Air Pollution|Air pollution]] is an important source of [[happiness|unhappiness]] for your Sims. Air pollution follows the direction of the wind through the city. Be sure to construct [[Coal Power Plant|coal]] and [[Oil Power Plant|oil power plant]]s and level 1 tech industrial buildings at the edge of your city, in the direction of the blue arrows.
===Laying Roads===
Before you can build anything, your city must have a road connection to the regional highway. Regional highway connects your city to the rest of the region. It is how moving vans, construction crews, immigrants and tourists enter your city.
*A short [[Medium Density Avenue|medium density avenue]] is ideal for regional highway connection. Avenues are wider and can handle more traffic than normal roads. They have 6 lanes while roads have only 4.
[[Roads]] are the essential building blocks of a city. They carry not only traffic but also water, [[power]] and sewage through your city. Roads must be constructed before [[zones]] and [[ploppables|structures]] can be built.
