GoKawiilDeveloper creates isometric pixel-art map of Valencia, Spain
A new web project called Tiny València renders the entire Spanish city, from the huerta farmland to the Albufera lagoon, as an isometric pixel-art map in the style of SimCity or Isometric NYC. Real 3D city data, including every building from Spain's Catastro registry, is rendered from a fixed camera angle and then repainted tile by tile using an image model trained on a chosen pixel-art style. Users can pan, zoom, search addresses, and share links that preserve the current view.
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The project shows how AI image models can be combined with open and government geographic datasets (Catastro, IGN, OpenStreetMap, Google 3D Tiles) to generate stylized, navigable renderings of entire cities, a technique that could be replicated for other locations. It also illustrates a growing trend of hobbyist developers using generative AI to turn real-world geodata into playable or explorable art projects, following earlier examples like Isometric NYC.
- Tiny València renders the whole municipal area of Valencia, Spain as isometric pixel art.
- It combines real 3D building and terrain data with an AI image model that repaints tiles seamlessly.
- Data sources include Spain's Catastro, IGN aerial imagery, OpenStreetMap, and Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles.
Source: tinyvalencia.com, 2026-11-10
Published there as: “Show HN: Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View”
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