TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO
Touch Terrain: A python app to create 3D printable terrain models (STL/OBJ) from only elevation data (via Google Earth Engine) or from a local geotiff. Has been used for CNC terrain models. Runs as a web app (http://touchterrain.org), as .py file (standalone.py) or as jupyter notebook. Docker image: https://github.com/ChHarding/TouchTerrain_jupyter_docker (by ChHarding)
DEM2STL
Convert DEMs with complex boundaries to STL models for 3D printing (by ansonl)
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TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO
Posts with mentions or reviews of TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-24.
- Made a map for my FIL of his favorite ski resorts!
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Yosemite Valley 3D-Printed Puzzle
I can't speak for the jigsaw part, but the topographic part is getting easier and easier. https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/ will spit out an STL of pretty much anywhere on Earth.
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Here’s a good video for anyone wanting to create terrain models. It shows how to gather the data and use QGIS to output a useable bitmap for common CNC carving methods.
https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/ is a great source for free .stl terrain models. But these folks have the absolute best I've seen: https://maps.equatorstudios.com/ Gotta pay for more than a few models though.
- Working on a “Google Maps” style map. Thought I would share progress!
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Completed a US topographic map; do similar STLs exist for the rest of the countries of the world? I want to make a whole world map.
I used https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu - you can import a KML file, hidden in Area Selection options. To generate KML, I went on google earth and clicked a whole bunch of times.
- Behold a neat 3D printed map of downtown and the sound!
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Anyone interested in a custom carving of their homestead? Mods, please delete if not allowed.
Always happy to share what I know, though it may seem strange to others. If anyone wants to attempt terrain carving, they should. Answered this question above briefly. I buy quality data from these folks. Free models that can be quite serviceable can be had from multiple places like this.
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Perf limiting factor for Bambu Lab slicer? Any upgrades to raise the limit?
https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/ (up to 10m resolution) and https://jthatch.com/Terrain2STL/ (90m resolution) can be even simpler if you're just getting into it, and can produce awesome models, but they use lower resolution data sets... so they won't show the fine details that really pop. Lidar based datasets can get down to 1m resolution, or even lower for some datasets. It depends on the scale and size of the object you want to print, really. But having models of many of the peaks and canyons I've hiked, and now my local neighborhood and more... it's pretty awesome.
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Designed a dual color topographic map of Utah with streams and lakes highlighted
The map scale is 1:2500000 with a 5x vertical exaggeration and the 3MF files have the base and waterline objects aligned for printing. USGS data, TouchTerrain, and DEM processing were used to generate the models. Chris, who is behind TouchTerrain, was very receptive to my feedback through the process and this would not be possible without his support.
- I 3D printed Mt Sneffles over the last few days. I’ve been up there twice and had weather move in on me both times, so I’ve never seen the view from up there. Definitely a good reason to go back.
DEM2STL
Posts with mentions or reviews of DEM2STL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-24.
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Designed a dual color topographic map of Washington State with transparent streams and lakes
The code for producing this maps is at https://github.com/ansonl/DEM2STL and I am working on a more friendly way to present the code.
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Designed a dual color topographic map of Utah with streams and lakes highlighted
I have put the steps and description of how here https://github.com/ansonl/DEM2STL. The relevant parts are split between the README and scratch.sh files. I would like to bring all the steps into a single script or app that people can run in the future but I'm still making changes to the calculations to improve the result.
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Converted satellite data to an interlocking topo map for the US Northeast
I put most of my steps online in the README file here https://github.com/ansonl/DEM2STL that you can follow along and all the tools used are free.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO and DEM2STL you can also consider the following projects:
Cities-Skylines-heightmap-generator - A heightmap generator for Cities: Skylines
DEM.Net - Digital Elevation model library in C#. 3D terrain models, line/point Elevations, intervisibility reports
BlenderGIS - Blender addons to make the bridge between Blender and geographic data
DXU - Improved and updated Dual Extrusion Upgrade (DXU) modification for Ultimaker. Get Marlin 2 DXU firmware at https://github.com/ansonl/Marlin-DXU
topo-box - Small boxes with lids that are topographic reliefs.
qgis-outdoor-map - QGIS project for an outdoor map based on OpenStreetMap data.
K3D-VOSTOK - K3D VOSTOK 3D printer
mini-map-maker - A tool for automatically generating 3D printable STLs from freely available lidar scan data.
awesome-spectral-indices - A ready-to-use curated list of Spectral Indices for Remote Sensing applications.
steamtinkerlaunch - Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs
phstl - Convert GDAL rasters (like GeoTIFF heightmaps) to 3D STL surfaces.
TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO vs Cities-Skylines-heightmap-generator
DEM2STL vs DEM.Net
TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO vs BlenderGIS
DEM2STL vs DXU
TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO vs topo-box
DEM2STL vs qgis-outdoor-map
TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO vs K3D-VOSTOK
DEM2STL vs mini-map-maker
TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO vs awesome-spectral-indices
DEM2STL vs steamtinkerlaunch
TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO vs phstl
TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO vs DXU