Photographed on 28 Nov 2022 at 14:35 from a DJI Mavic 2 Pro on Tulum’s beach road, about 9 km south-southwest of the ruins.
The top of the photo faces about 110° (east-southeast). That comes from the coastline’s bearing and agrees with the shadows at 14:35, so the north arrow and sun path use it. On “Photo day” the model’s shadows fall the way they do in the photo.
Scale is estimated at 0.30 m per pixel from car lengths and palm-crown sizes, so lengths and areas are approximate.
Photograph: Kunjan Collective. Schematic, model and film built with Claude from that photograph.
Building heights come from type and visible storeys. Ground relief is exaggerated ×2 so the dune and lowland read.