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I had to leave out a ton of details in the training process. But at every step, codex\u002Fcc built me a dev tool to navigate the complexity. That was such a unique…",[56,64,68,72],{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles as source imagery","commenter",[60],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"49150567","lawrencechen","Behind the scenes stuff: https:\u002F\u002Fsf.isopolis.city\u002Fdev.html > The source is Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles. Isometric.nyc explored and rejected the use of 3d building data. 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Like the new york one, its just...unpolished. I dare to say slop. I am sure the author put some effort into it, BUT its just not there for me. The wiggly…",{"value":141,"source":58,"evidence":142},"Terrain appears flat with no elevation",[143],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"49152617","rob74","Nice! But for a city renowned for its steep streets, this looks suspiciously flat :) Ok, you could say it's only a 3D rendering of a 2D map, and it probably has to be this way…",[148,156],{"value":149,"source":58,"evidence":150},"Allow more zoom",[151,152],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"49150121","harrisonpage","Amazing! I was sad I couldn't zoom in more tho",{"value":157,"source":58,"evidence":158},"Fix water and tile boundary errors",[159,160],{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},{"id":161,"by":11,"text":162},"49151338","yeah, there are a ton of issues wrt water. 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