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We manufacture these raised-relief maps using the above process. Is it OK to post a link to hubbardscientific.com? I could also post pictures of the actual process of vacuum forming the maps over a form if needed.

how does high hills affect the runoff of water

3d-printing as source for raised-relief maps

The decreasing cost and increasing access to 3D printers is opening up the technology to 3d-printed raised-relief maps. Two notable creators are terrainator.com and tinymtn.com - both sites that do their final sales through Shapeways. The maps have more detail than the generally-larger-scale maps produced by vacuum-forming, but can cover less area, and are more expensive. In the interests of disclosure, I started tinymtn.com as a hobby a few months ago to raise the awareness (no pun intended) of 3D printing of maps. I think a subsection on the same level as "Vacuum formed models" called "3D printed models" should be created, listing the pros and cons of the technology, linking to the larger "3D printing" page, and (I would hope) also linking to the several vendors of 3D printed maps. Markstock (talk) 13:30, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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+== 3d-printing as source for raised-relief maps ==
+The decreasing cost and increasing access to 3D printers is opening up the technology to 3d-printed raised-relief maps. Two notable creators are [http://terrainator.com terrainator.com] and [http://tinymtn.com tinymtn.com] - both sites that do their final sales through [http://shapeways.com/ Shapeways]. The maps have more detail than the generally-larger-scale maps produced by vacuum-forming, but can cover less area, and are more expensive. In the interests of disclosure, I started tinymtn.com as a hobby a few months ago to raise the awareness (no pun intended) of 3D printing of maps.
+I think a subsection on the same level as "Vacuum formed models" called "3D printed models" should be created, listing the pros and cons of the technology, linking to the larger "3D printing" page, and (I would hope) also linking to the several vendors of 3D printed maps.
+[[User:Markstock|Markstock]] ([[User talk:Markstock|talk]]) 13:30, 18 April 2013 (UTC)