bird's-eye view

English

a bird's-eye view of Tauride Palace (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

bird's-eye view (plural bird's-eye views)

(idiomatic) The view from directly or high above.
Looking down from the seventh floor balcony gave them a bird's-eye view of the street below.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:
  “What makes you think there is a mouse in this room?” “The evidence points that way.” [...] “And why were you standing on a chair?” “Sort of just trying to get a bird's-eye view, as it were.” “Do you often go looking for mice in other people's rooms?”
(by extension) A general overview or summary of a topic.

view from directly or high above

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鳥瞰／鸟瞰 (zh) (niǎokàn)
Czech: ptačí perspektiva f
Danish: fugleperspektiv n
Estonian: linnulennuline ülevaade
Finnish: lintuperspektiivi (fi)
French: plongée (fr) f, vue plongeante f, vue aérienne (fr) f
German: Vogelperspektive (de) f
Greek: υπερευρυγώνια όραση f (yperevrygónia órasi), πανοραμική άποψη f (panoramikí ápopsi), εναέρια άποψη f (enaéria ápopsi)
Gujarati: વિહંગાવલોકન (vihaṅgāvlokan), ઊડતી નજર (ūḍatī najar)
Hungarian: madártávlat (hu)
Italian: vista a volo d'uccello f, prospettiva a volo d'uccello f
Korean: 조감(鳥瞰) (ko) (jogam)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fugleperspektiv n
Nynorsk: fugleperspektiv n
Polish: z lotu ptaka
Russian: с высоты птичьего полета (ru) (s vysoty ptičʹjevo poleta)
Spanish: vista aérea f, vista elevada f, vista de pájaro f
Telugu: విహంగ వీక్షణ (vihaṅga vīkṣaṇa)
Turkish: kuş bakışı (tr)