diff --git a/vendor/clouds3d.js b/vendor/clouds3d.js
index 61c6cdc..c9fa510 100644
--- a/vendor/clouds3d.js
+++ b/vendor/clouds3d.js
@@ -345,14 +345,14 @@ function drawTileAt(lng, perp, dx, dz, centerTileX, centerTileY) {
         return Promise.resolve(false);
     }
     return fetchTileImage(tileX, tileY).then(function(img) {
-        // Mirror image across the NS axis (horizontal / X-flip):
-        // draw with negative width and positive height, anchored at
-        // the tile's right edge (canvasX + 256). Image top (north)
-        // stays at canvas top, image bottom (south) at canvas bottom.
-        // Image left (west) -> canvas right, image right (east) ->
-        // canvas left.
-        groundCtx.drawImage(img, canvasX + GROUND_TILE_SIZE, canvasY,
-            -GROUND_TILE_SIZE, GROUND_TILE_SIZE);
+        // Draw image with normal orientation (no X-flip). The image
+        // content within each tile is readable (place names, streets
+        // not mirrored). The arrangement uses the X-swap formula
+        // (canvasX = -perp + ...) to place east tiles on the right of
+        // the screen, so the X arrangement reads naturally left to
+        // right.
+        groundCtx.drawImage(img, canvasX, canvasY,
+            GROUND_TILE_SIZE, GROUND_TILE_SIZE);
         groundLoadedTiles[tileX + '_' + tileY] = true;
 
         // Thin border so the user can see where one tile ends and the