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isometric.nyc

giant isometric pixel art map of NYC

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Hey HN! I wanted to share something I built over the last few weeks: isometric.nyc is a massive isometric pixel art map of NYC, built with nano banana and coding agents.I didn't write a single line of code.Of course no-code doesn't mean no-engineering. This project took a lot more manual labor than I'd hoped!I wrote a deep dive on the workflow and some thoughts about the future of AI coding and creativity:http://cannoneyed.com/projects/isometric-nyc

HN · launched Jan 22, 2026 · 1325 upvotes (top 1%) · 0 views

Niche: interactive mapping platforms · 191 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • Content generation
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes The creator explicitly confirms this was built using AI coding agents and image generators; an interactive web map displaying pixel art tiles is a standard frontend viewer.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: eDuShi (E都市) - Chinese city mapping platform, Habbo Hotel, Bing Maps oblique imagery, Minecraft city building

Concerns raised: AI training on existing work without consent raises ethical issues, Overhyped AI narrative overshadows technical achievement, Documentation/historical preservation concerns with digital projects

Feature requests: Complete map coverage (e.g., rest of Staten Island), Pixel-snapping to perfect grid alignment

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 151 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #1 of 152 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 68 days after the earliest competitor.

  • isometric.nyc/snow · hn · 2026-02-23 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.74
  • Isometric SF · hn · 2026-11-13 · 245 upvotes · similarity 0.69
  • isometric-cities · github · 2026-11-12 · 48 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • A giant pixel map of London · hn · 2026-10-20 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • isometricworld · github · 2026-11-09 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • Isopolis · hn · 2026-08-03 · 350 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • isopxl · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • izomapa · github · 2026-11-03 · 54 upvotes · similarity 0.48

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