Embossify Terra
Turn any place on Earth into a 3D-printable terrain model, built from real elevation data.
How Terra works
- Pick a place. Choose from the library, fly around the world map, or paste a map link or coordinates.
- Shape it. Set the area, how much to exaggerate the heights, the size, the base and an optional color scheme.
- Preview and download. Turn it around in 3D, then download a free Standard resolution model, or buy High resolution for fine detail.
Every model is built from real measured elevation (USGS lidar in the United States, NASA and European satellite data elsewhere), never invented terrain. Read the full guide: where the data comes from, what the options do and how to print it →
1. Choose a place
No places in this group yet. Use the search above to find any place on Earth.
A shaded-relief map of the whole world, drawn from real elevation. Drag to fly around, scroll or use + and − to zoom. The square in the middle is the area your model will cover.
The map downloads shaded elevation tiles as you move around (a couple of dozen to fill the screen), so it only starts when you ask.
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Paste a link from Google Maps, Apple Maps, MapQuest, OpenStreetMap, Bing or most other map sites, or type coordinates such as 36.1069, -112.1129 or 36°06'25"N 112°06'46"W.
Drag to rotate · scroll or pinch to zoom
3. Your terrain
Free Standard resolution models are kept for 24 hours.
Want more detail?
The High resolution version samples the same place at 800 × 800 points, about 1.3 million triangles, instead of 256 × 256. STL is included. At checkout you can add 3MF, a Colored 3MF, OBJ (where small enough) and a 16-bit heightmap.
Elevation data: U.S. Geological Survey 3D Elevation Program (public domain) in the United States, and open Terrain Tiles (NASA SRTM, Copernicus EU-DEM and others) elsewhere. Every model is built from measured elevation, never invented terrain.