3D Topographic Map of Scotland

A 3D topographical map of Scotland!

Approximately 1:3300000 scale, with the height differences scaled x8. Model made from real LIDAR scan data of Scotland. I've painted the model for AMS printing in 4 colours to represent the different contour heights. I think the model also looks great in 2 colours (sea and land) which you can easily do by setting AMS slots 2, 3 & 4 to the same colour/slot.

Main Model pictured printed in basic PLA using:

• 3DQF - Sky blue
• Bambu - Mistletoe green
• Bambu - Brown
• Bambu - Grey

Also pictured in 2 colours - blue & white

Print profile works well - scaled to fit on print plate and good level of detail. Feel free to scale to your preference - my single colour test prints worked well smaller or larger (split into parts).

Hope you like it :) As always feedback welcome. Watch this space as a similar model of the entire british ilses (and in jigsaw form!) will be uploaded soon

For those interested in how I modelled this I pretty much followed this guide here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.com/Make-3d-Printed-Topo-Maps-of-Anywhere/%3famp_page=true

What the guide doesn't necessarily show is that if your landscape is massive, or if accutrans doesn't convert is nicely you'll need to do a lot of tweaking in meshlab/meshmixer/blender to fix

Getting your initial data to make the model from depends a lot on where you are. The UK government publishes all its LIDAR data here: https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?Mode=survey

You also don't need to use LIDAR data, any map with good topographic data in it (depth map) will convert well following the instructables guide.

The issue is that the software accutrans is fiddly. If I was trying to do a solid landscape (ie no islands) I'd probably use the software aerialod that can export to ply files. Tutorial on that software here: http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/2019/11/amazing-3d-rendering-with-aerialod.html?m=1