diff --git a/etc/libs-incl.xml b/etc/libs-incl.xml
index 1229a2c9..926b2e0a 100644
--- a/etc/libs-incl.xml
+++ b/etc/libs-incl.xml
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@
     <include name="aspirin.swc"/>
     <include name="naryalib*.swc"/>
     <include name="flexlib*.swc"/>
+    <include name="as3isolib.swc"/>
   </fileset>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/BaseTileIsoSprite.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/BaseTileIsoSprite.as
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a078b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/BaseTileIsoSprite.as
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.threerings.miso.client {
+
+import as3isolib.display.primitive.IsoBox;
+import as3isolib.graphics.SolidColorFill;
+
+public class BaseTileIsoSprite extends IsoBox
+{
+    public function BaseTileIsoSprite (x :int, y :int, tileId :int)
+    {
+        width = 1;
+        height = VERT_OFFSET;
+        length = 1;
+
+        moveTo(x, y, -VERT_OFFSET);
+
+        // TEMP
+        fill = new SolidColorFill(tileId * 1000, 1.0);
+    }
+
+    protected static const VERT_OFFSET :Number = 0.01;
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoMetricsTransformation.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoMetricsTransformation.as
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10130ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoMetricsTransformation.as
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.threerings.miso.client {
+
+import as3isolib.geom.Pt;
+import as3isolib.geom.transformations.IAxonometricTransformation;
+
+import com.threerings.miso.util.MisoSceneMetrics;
+
+public class MisoMetricsTransformation implements IAxonometricTransformation
+{
+    public function MisoMetricsTransformation (metrics :MisoSceneMetrics, zFact :Number)
+    {
+        _metrics = metrics;
+        _zFact = zFact;
+    }
+
+    public function screenToSpace (screenPt :Pt) :Pt
+    {
+        var tpos :Pt = new Pt();
+
+        // determine the upper-left of the quadrant that contains our point
+        var zx :int = int(Math.floor(screenPt.x / _metrics.tilewid));
+        var zy :int = int(Math.floor(screenPt.y / _metrics.tilehei));
+
+        // these are the tile coordinates
+        tpos.x = zy + zx;
+        tpos.y = zy - zx;
+        tpos.z = 0;
+
+        return tpos;
+    }
+
+    public function spaceToScreen (spacePt :Pt) :Pt
+    {
+        var spos :Pt = new Pt();
+        spos.x = (spacePt.x - spacePt.y) * _metrics.tilehwid;
+        spos.y = (spacePt.x + spacePt.y) * _metrics.tilehhei - spacePt.z * _zFact;
+        spos.z = 0;
+        return spos;
+    }
+
+    protected var _metrics :MisoSceneMetrics;
+
+    /** Handles any vertical transformations. */
+    protected var _zFact :Number;
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoScenePanel.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoScenePanel.as
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67a18800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoScenePanel.as
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package com.threerings.miso.client {
+
+import flash.utils.getTimer;
+
+import flash.display.Sprite;
+
+import flash.geom.Point;
+import flash.geom.Rectangle;
+
+import flash.events.MouseEvent;
+
+import com.threerings.crowd.client.PlaceView;
+import com.threerings.crowd.data.PlaceObject;
+import com.threerings.miso.client.MisoMetricsTransformation;
+import com.threerings.miso.data.MisoSceneModel;
+import com.threerings.miso.data.ObjectInfo;
+import com.threerings.miso.util.MisoContext;
+import com.threerings.miso.util.ObjectSet;
+import com.threerings.miso.util.MisoSceneMetrics;
+
+import as3isolib.display.primitive.IsoBox;
+import as3isolib.geom.Pt;
+import as3isolib.geom.IsoMath;
+import as3isolib.display.scene.IsoGrid;
+import as3isolib.display.scene.IsoScene;
+import as3isolib.display.IsoView;
+
+public class MisoScenePanel extends Sprite
+    implements PlaceView
+{
+    public function MisoScenePanel (ctx :MisoContext, metrics :MisoSceneMetrics)
+    {
+        // Excitingly, we get to override this globally for as3isolib...
+        IsoMath.transformationObject = new MisoMetricsTransformation(metrics,
+            metrics.tilehei * 3 / 4);
+
+        _isoView = new IsoView();
+        _isoView.setSize(DEF_WIDTH, DEF_HEIGHT);
+
+        _isoView.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
+
+        addChild(_isoView);
+    }
+
+    public function setSize (width :int, height :int) :void
+    {
+        _isoView.setSize(width, height);
+    }
+
+    public function onClick (event :MouseEvent) :void
+    {
+        var viewPt :Point = _isoView.globalToLocal(new Point(event.stageX, event.stageY));
+        _isoView.centerOnPt(new Pt(viewPt.x - _isoView.width / 2 + _isoView.currentX,
+            viewPt.y - _isoView.height / 2 + _isoView.currentY), false);
+    }
+
+    public function setSceneModel (model :MisoSceneModel) :void
+    {
+        _model = model;
+        refreshScene();
+    }
+
+    public function willEnterPlace (plobj :PlaceObject) :void
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function didLeavePlace (plobj :PlaceObject) :void
+    {
+    }
+
+    protected function refreshScene () :void
+    {
+        // Clear it out...
+        _isoView.removeAllScenes();
+
+        var scene :IsoScene = new IsoScene();
+
+        var time :int = getTimer();
+        var baseArr :Array = [];
+
+        for (var si :int = -10; si < 3; si++) {
+            for (var sj :int = -8; sj < 4; sj++) {
+                var baseScene :IsoScene = new IsoScene();
+                for (var ii :int = 10*si; ii < 10*si + 10; ii++) {
+                    for (var jj :int = 10*sj; jj < 10*sj + 10; jj++) {
+                        baseScene.addChild(
+                            new BaseTileIsoSprite(ii, jj, _model.getBaseTileId(ii, jj)));
+                    }
+                }
+                baseScene.render();
+                _isoView.addScene(baseScene);
+            }
+        }
+
+        var set :ObjectSet = new ObjectSet();
+        _model.getObjects(new Rectangle(-100, -100, 200, 200), set);
+        time = getTimer();
+        for (ii = 0; ii < set.size(); ii++) {
+            var objInfo :ObjectInfo = set.get(ii);
+            if (objInfo.priority == 0) {
+                scene.addChild(new ObjectTileIsoSprite(objInfo.x, objInfo.y, objInfo.tileId));
+            }
+        }
+
+        time = getTimer();
+        scene.render();
+
+        _isoView.addScene(scene);
+    }
+
+    protected var _model :MisoSceneModel;
+
+    protected var _isoView :IsoView;
+
+    protected const DEF_WIDTH :int = 985;
+    protected const DEF_HEIGHT :int = 560;
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/ObjectTileIsoSprite.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/ObjectTileIsoSprite.as
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5820d31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/client/ObjectTileIsoSprite.as
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.threerings.miso.client {
+
+import as3isolib.display.primitive.IsoBox;
+import as3isolib.graphics.SolidColorFill;
+
+public class ObjectTileIsoSprite extends IsoBox
+{
+    public function ObjectTileIsoSprite (x :int, y :int, tileId :int)
+    {
+        width = 1;
+        height = 1;
+        length = 1;
+
+        moveTo(x, y, 0);
+
+        // TEMP
+        fill = new SolidColorFill(tileId * 1000, 1.0);
+    }
+}
+}
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/MisoSceneModel.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/MisoSceneModel.as
index 54879f26..aa4e0998 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/MisoSceneModel.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/MisoSceneModel.as
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ public /*abstract*/ class MisoSceneModel extends SimpleStreamableObject
      * specified coordinates. <code>-1</code> will be returned if there is
      * no tile at the specified coordinate.
      */
-    public function getBaseTileId (arg1 :int, arg2 :int) :int
+    public function getBaseTileId (x :int, y :int) :int
     {
         throw new Error("abstract");
     }
 
-    public function setBaseTile (arg1 :int, arg2 :int, arg3 :int) :Boolean
+    public function setBaseTile (x :int, y :int, tileId :int) :Boolean
     {
         throw new Error("abstract");
     }
 
-    public function setDefaultBaseTileSet (arg1 :int) :void
+    public function setDefaultBaseTileSet (tileSetId :int) :void
     {
         // nothing doing
     }
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.as
index 400d9add..1c9feade 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/data/SparseMisoSceneModel.as
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import com.threerings.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 
 import com.threerings.util.ArrayIterator;
 import com.threerings.util.ClassUtil;
+import com.threerings.util.Integer;
 import com.threerings.util.Iterator;
 import com.threerings.util.Joiner;
 import com.threerings.util.MathUtil;
@@ -221,17 +222,17 @@ public class SparseMisoSceneModel extends MisoSceneModel
     /**
      * Returns the key for the specified section.
      */
-    protected function key (x :int, y :int) :int
+    protected function key (x :int, y :int) :Integer
     {
         var sx :int = MathUtil.floorDiv(x, swidth);
         var sy :int = MathUtil.floorDiv(y, sheight);
-        return (sx << 16) | (sy & 0xFFFF);
+        return Integer.valueOf((sx << 16) | (sy & 0xFFFF));
     }
 
     /** Returns the section for the specified tile coordinate. */
     protected function getSection (x :int, y :int, create :Boolean) :SparseMisoSceneModel_Section
     {
-        var key :int = key(x, y);
+        var key :Integer = key(x, y);
         var sect :SparseMisoSceneModel_Section = _sections.get(key);
         if (sect == null && create) {
             var sx :int = MathUtil.floorDiv(x, swidth)*swidth;
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/util/MisoSceneMetrics.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/util/MisoSceneMetrics.as
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcc32ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/util/MisoSceneMetrics.as
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+//
+// Nenya library - tools for developing networked games
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
+// http://www.threerings.net/code/nenya/
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+package com.threerings.miso.util {
+
+public class MisoSceneMetrics
+{
+    /** Tile dimensions and half-dimensions in the view. */
+    public var tilewid :int;
+    public var tilehei :int;
+    public var tilehwid :int;
+    public var tilehhei :int;
+
+    /** Fine coordinate dimensions. */
+    public var finehwid :int;
+    public var finehhei :int;
+
+    /** Number of fine coordinates on each axis within a tile. */
+    public var finegran :int;
+
+    /** Dimensions of our scene blocks in tile count. */
+    public var blockwid :int = 4;
+    public var blockhei :int = 4;
+
+    /** The length of a tile edge in pixels. */
+    public var tilelen :Number;
+
+    /** The slope of the x- and y-axis lines. */
+    public var slopeX :Number;
+    public var slopeY :Number;
+
+    /** The length between fine coordinates in pixels. */
+    public var finelen :Number;
+
+    /** The y-intercept of the x-axis line within a tile. */
+    public var fineBX :Number;
+
+    /** The slope of the x- and y-axis lines within a tile. */
+    public var fineSlopeX :Number;
+    public var fineSlopeY :Number;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs scene metrics by directly specifying the desired config
+     * parameters.
+     *
+     * @param tilewid the width in pixels of the tiles.
+     * @param tilehei the height in pixels of the tiles.
+     * @param finegran the number of sub-tile divisions to use for fine
+     * coordinates.
+     */
+    public function MisoSceneMetrics (tilewid :int = DEF_TILE_WIDTH, tilehei :int = DEF_TILE_HEIGHT,
+        finegran :int = DEF_FINE_GRAN)
+    {
+        // keep track of this stuff
+        this.tilewid = tilewid;
+        this.tilehei = tilehei;
+        this.finegran = finegran;
+
+        // halve the dimensions
+        tilehwid = (tilewid / 2);
+        tilehhei = (tilehei / 2);
+
+        // calculate the length of a tile edge in pixels
+        tilelen = Math.sqrt(
+            (tilehwid * tilehwid) + (tilehhei * tilehhei));
+
+        // calculate the slope of the x- and y-axis lines
+        slopeX = Number(tilehei) / Number(tilewid);
+        slopeY = -slopeX;
+
+        // calculate the edge length separating each fine coordinate
+        finelen = tilelen / finegran;
+
+        // calculate the fine-coordinate x-axis line
+        fineSlopeX = Number(tilehei) / Number(tilewid);
+        fineBX = -(fineSlopeX * tilehwid);
+        fineSlopeY = -fineSlopeX;
+
+        // calculate the fine coordinate dimensions
+        finehwid = int(Number(tilehwid) / Number(finegran));
+        finehhei = int(Number(tilehhei) / Number(finegran));
+    }
+
+    /** Default scene view parameters. */
+    protected static const DEF_TILE_WIDTH :int = 64;
+    protected static const DEF_TILE_HEIGHT :int = 48;
+    protected static const DEF_FINE_GRAN :int = 4;
+
+}
+}
+
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/util/ObjectSet.as b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/util/ObjectSet.as
index f6faeac3..35fc2629 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/miso/util/ObjectSet.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/miso/util/ObjectSet.as
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class ObjectSet
 
         // otherwise insert it
         ipos = -(ipos+1);
-        _objs = _objs.splice(ipos, 0, info);
+        _objs.splice(ipos, 0, info);
         return true;
     }