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    Default Xiousing District Map

    Here's a fairly recent isometric neighborhood map created for the Forgotten Realms and published back in Dungeon issue 195. I was going for a bit of a Chinatown flair and it was my first attempt at a full color iso map in my traditional D&D style.

    One thing to note though is that it isn't a true isometric projection. Unfortunately, scale bars don't work too well when the entire image is displayed in 3d. The image warping results in horizontal dimensions skewing away from the vertical. You can compensate for this though by keeping the overall viewing plane flat while visualising the details in 3d, like I have done here. A bit of forced perspective gives you the feel of depth while still allowing for accuracy in distance measurement. Otherwise you need two scale bars and things get a bit complicated.

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