3D Printing Landscapes

If you’re an geography enthusiast or looking for a cool project this might be the project for you!

Github user, JThatch, created a web application that generates landscapes into 3d models. The application is called Terrain2STL; it’s pretty easy to use!

If you’d like to try this, follow these simple steps:

1. Open up Terrain2STL in a new tab; the creator uses Google Maps to search around for landscapes.
2. Click and drag around the map to find a selected area or you can input coordinates.
   1. *Tip*  Rocky terrains works best.
      
3. Once, you find an area you like, click the ‘Center to View’ button to make the red box appear.
   
4. Then, you want to increase the box size by dragging the slider towards the right and then drag the to red box to where you want it.
   
5. Once you’ve done that, you can almost ready to print. I’d increase the Base Height to 2 or 4.
6. After that click ‘Create STL File’ and then click download.

There’s also a Moon2STL if you’d like to print pieces of the Moon!