Show HN: Isometric SF – A pixel-art map of the SF Bay Area
Technical Write-up: https://www.justinchavez.com/blog/isometric-sf-how/ Hi HN! Showcasing this fun project. I took 1300 square miles of the SF Bay Area from Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles and transformed them into a cohesive pixel map. It's really fun to explore and stumble upon various famous landmarks like Apple Park, Palace of Fine Arts, or UC Berkeley. The technicals involve using Nano Banana 2 to train a Qwen-Image-Edit 2511 LoRA which is used to prototype the style and generation methods.
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2026-11-14 03:19:06.748Z
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Source account: Technical Write-up: https://www.justinchavez.com/blog/isometric-sf-how/ Hi HN! Showcasing this fun project. I took 1300 square miles of the SF Bay Area from Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles and transformed them into a cohesive pixel map. It's really fun to explore and stumble upon various famous landmarks like Apple Park, Palace of Fine Arts, or UC Berkeley. The technicals involve using Nano Banana 2 to train a Qwen-Image-Edit 2511 LoRA which is used to prototype the style and generation methods.
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Source votes: 161 votes (Nov 14, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 86 (Nov 13, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Show HN: YVD – Generate videos, images, and music in seconds with AI” (Show HN, Nov 14, 2026); “Show HN: What HN community recommended learning in 2026” (Show HN, Nov 14, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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