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General Discussion => Other Mapping things => Topic started by: PeterC on 30 November 2017, 09:34:00

Title: TouchTerrain - 3-D Terrain Models
Post by: PeterC on 30 November 2017, 09:34:00

TouchTerrain (http://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/) is a web application is open source and free for private use through Iowa State’s GeoFabLab. It allows anybody with a 3-D printer to easily and quickly print terrain models of any place on the planet, including the ocean floor.

This article "Iowa State Geologists Develop App to Print 3-D Terrain Models of Any Place on Earth (http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/671135/?sc=rsla)" describes it.