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(via hirmes) 3D Printed Terrain Map of the Hudson Valley

The project is in-progress—  more photos over at my Flickr.

new-aesthetic:

“Data from the USGS, converted to greyscale maps using SimpleDemViewer, turned into 3D models with Blender. Build with a Thingomatic Makerbot. Lit from below with a lamp inside of a Clementines box.”

Hudson Valley Terrain Map by hirmes, via Dan W.

the clementines box is clearly key.

Lake, 2009 (cut paper) by Stephanie Beck

via . of paper and things .

Mountain Formations, 2007. hand cut paper, glue

by Jennifer Rose Sciarrino

braincraft:

pool

hapticblog:

Site model + kittens.

MIT Media Lab - Tangible Media Group | Relief

an actuated tabletop display to display a 3D surface. top: bare pins. bottom: covered pins with projected terrain.

kontraptionist:

Death Valley, rendered in pink Styrofoam insulation and painted white to show detail. The data was taken from a USGS topographic map, processed in custom software to a mesh, and cut on the CNC router. A few anomalies are showing up in the basin - these are due to a controller software issue. I originally thought that these were due to electrical noise triggered by the dust collector, however, the marks don’t propagate over the mountains, and the collector is on an isolated circuit. Anyway, these problems are a thing of the past - A new high end controller is on it’s way.

Marian Sissia « PICDIT

Desert Arteries :: Branching Arroyo picture by BAlvarius

tilt shift hydrology (animas valley, new mexico)