The MapsTo3D Blog
How to make maps you can hold: picking an area that works, getting the height right, and printing the thing without fighting your slicer.
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Printing Mount Everest properly
Everest is the first thing everyone makes on a terrain generator, and most results disappoint. The reason is the frame, not the mountain.
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How to turn any place on Earth into a 3D printable map
A practical guide to going from a flat map to a printed relief model: picking the area, getting the height right, and the slicer settings that matter.
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The one setting that decides whether your terrain print works
Vertical exaggeration explained with the arithmetic that matters, and honest numbers for mountains, hills and flat ground.
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3D print your city, with the buildings on it
How to make a city model with real building heights from OpenStreetMap, and how big an area actually works.
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Turn a GPX track into a 3D printed trail map
Put a hike, ride or race route on the ground it actually crossed, raised so you can feel it.
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Bigger than your print bed: splitting a map into tiles
Every good map idea is bigger than the printer. How to split one sensibly, and the three things that save grief.
Start with your own town
Search a place, pick a frame, choose what goes on it, and download an STL or 3MF. It runs in your browser and the model never leaves your machine.
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