3D-print a Norwegian fjord from your browser (opens in new tab)

Arthur Dent: Are you telling me you originally made the Earth?

Slartibartfast: Oh, yes. Did you ever go to a place - I think it was called Norway?

Arthur Dent: No. No, I didn't.

Slartibartfast: Pity. That was one of mine. Won an award, you know. Lovely crinkly edges.

"genuine gypsum heirloom mantelpiece display replica"

3D printing is only going to get cheaper and more accessible - I think pretty soon that "heirloom" is going to look like a dollar-store trinket.

Still, aside from the hyperbole this is a pretty neat idea, and New Zealand certainly has some landscapes worth this treatment too (including fjords, even). Australia has some impressive cliff forms that would work; seems like thousands of areas worldwide.

This is really nice, I wanted to get a version of Nordkapp for my father, but I feel that $100 is a bit to pricey for a 10cmx10cm version.

Nice project, and very nice with their partnership with Shapeways.

Exporting their model, and uploading it on Shapeways gives me a price of 42.65 EUR ($57.59) including shipping.

Heh, it says "removing trolls" when generating the preview (after clicking get it printed)

I walked Besseggen last summer [1] and the model [2] for that looks pretty accurate with the huge drop on both sides down to two different waters.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Walking_on_Besseggen.jpg [2] http://terrafab.bengler.no/preview?box=164077.08468046575,68...

So, how can I get the one with Slartibartfast's signature?

Huh, one nice and actually useful application of WebGL for once.

Are all the models signed by Slartibartfast? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slartibartfast

I love the fact that they generate the mesh for users that have their own 3d printers for free.

Thanks for posting this! Very, very cool app :) I helped create the Shapeways API and just shared it with our dev team.

People are blown away, this is by far the best app we've seen using our API!!

Perusing your Github repo right now :D

Google's 3D building data for some cities (e.g. here in Edinburgh) is incredible - I'd tempted to get a 3D printer and work out ways of printing interesting parts of town.

Maybe my favourite mountains as well from OS data...

Not equatorial enough.

I like backpacking, and often spend money on topographic maps because of this (typically from mytopo.com). I do like this site's idea. It obviously wouldn't work as a map, but it might be nice to integrate a lot of standard topographic map features into the models themselves. Especially if you can do it on really small-scale areas, architects might really want it.

Presumably landscapes with gentle gradients and fewer overhangs are going to be significantly easier to print than architecture.

It would have been really cool if trolltunga had shown up

http://terrafab.bengler.no/?box=41148.01808864827,6694070.28...

Very interesting. But why restrict this to just landscapes? What's to prevent someone from allowing 3D printing of any landmark in the world like the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, Eiffel Tower or London Eye?

Sigh, copyright I suppose.

Very neat. I'm ordering a print of my home town. Then we can add pins to show where our house, where grandparents live, etc. I'm sure the kids will enjoy it.

Sweet! The number of places I want to visit just increased!

It'd be ace if I could 3d print the moon at some sensible scale. Or Mars.

I, for one, was expecting a horse.

just saw the print in real life in the Bengler office, looks awesome

Wow!

physibles

Not, I'm assuming, life-sized.