Design and Print
3D Terrain Models

(built from live topography data)

Turn any place on Earth into a 3D printable topographic map. Hiking routes, bike routes, and custom GPX tracks, painted onto real terrain with rivers, glaciers, and elevation color.

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Patch Notes
1

Capture

Search any location worldwide, draw your boundary, and capture real topographic elevation data

2

Customize

Choose your shape, adjust elevation scale and smoothing, and size your model for printing

3

Color

Paint trails, bike routes, water, and glaciers from real map data, or import a GPX file and draw your own features onto the terrain

4

Export

Download a print-ready 3MF file with multicolor layers built from the features you selected and painted

Design everything for free. Export when you're ready.

No feature restrictions. Pro is only needed when you want to export for 3D printing.

No AccountFree
  • Design multicolor models
  • Create 3D terrain models
  • Create coaster models
  • Use all features and editors
  • Export
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  • Save all your projects
  • Design multicolor models
  • Create 3D terrain models
  • Create coaster models
  • Use all features and editors
  • Export
ProFrom $3
for 30 days of Pro access
  • Pay as you go, no subscriptions
  • Export for 3D printing
  • Unlimited exports
  • Save all your projects
  • Design multicolor models
  • Create 3D terrain models
  • Create coaster models
  • Use all features and editors

Custom Drawing Tools

Draw your own splines and polygons directly on the terrain, then group them into color layers for a fully custom multicolor print.

Edit Any Feature

Real-world map data can be unreliable. Use edit mode to modify any feature from our scanner. That river halfway up a cliff? Drag it back to the valley floor.

Import GPX Routes

Upload any GPX file, a hiking trail, a bike route, or a recorded GPS track, and paint it onto your terrain. Edit the control nodes directly in the editor, then print your personal route in 3D. Strava and Garmin exports work too.

Coaster Mode

Switch to coaster mode for a flat print with elevation-based coloring. Same features, same customization, perfect for drinks or display.

Tile Big Areas Into Multi-Part Prints

Lay a grid over the map, pick the cells you want, and capture them as models that line up edge to edge. Print an entire mountain range or national park as a seamless, multi-part set, with every tile sharing one scale and elevation so the whole layout fits together.

What People Make

Your hikes and rides

Record a hike, run, or ride on Strava or Garmin, export the GPX, and print the exact route in 3D with real elevation under the path.

Mountain wall art

A framed relief of a favorite peak, ridgeline, or coastline. Tactile terrain art that does what a flat poster cannot.

Personal gifts and keepsakes

The mountain you summited, the trail where you got engaged, the park from a childhood trip. Gifts you cannot buy off a shelf.

Custom coasters

Flatten any terrain into a multicolor coaster with elevation coloring. A set of four makes an easy birthday or housewarming gift.

National parks and iconic landscapes

Grand Canyon, the Tetons, Everest. Hold an iconic landscape in the palm of your hand.

Teaching and trip planning

See elevation gain, ridgelines, and watersheds as a physical object. Useful in classrooms and for scouting a route before you go.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I 3D print a topographic map?

Search for any location, capture its real elevation data, choose a shape and size, then export a print-ready 3MF file. TerrainMaker turns the topography into a printable model with color built in, so you do not need any CAD or GIS software.

Can I make a 3D topographic map of anywhere in the world?

Yes. Elevation comes from global terrain data, so you can build a 3D topographic map of any mountain, coastline, national park, or trail on Earth and print it at any scale.

Can I 3D print a hiking trail from a GPX file?

Yes. Upload the GPX exported from Strava, Garmin, or any GPS app, and TerrainMaker paints the route onto real terrain so you can print it with the elevation built in.

Can I 3D print bike or cycling routes?

Yes. A bike route is just another GPX track. Import it the same way and the ride prints as a raised line across the terrain it crosses.

Can I print a large area across multiple tiles?

Yes. The grid tool tiles a big region into models that line up edge to edge, so a whole mountain range can print as a coordinated multi-part set at one shared scale.

What files can I export for 3D printing?

TerrainMaker exports print-ready 3MF files. Each painted feature and elevation layer comes out as its own mesh, so multi-material printers can assign a color to each, and a hole placement guide is bundled in.

Do I need a multi-material printer?

No. Any model prints fine in a single color. Multicolor just lets a multi-material printer, like a Bambu with an AMS, assign different filament to water, trails, glaciers, and elevation bands.

Where does the map and elevation data come from?

Real-world sources. Elevation comes from global terrain data through MapTiler, and features like trails, rivers, and glaciers come from OpenStreetMap. You pick the spot and TerrainMaker pulls the data.