Japan now offers downloadable terrain maps for 3D printing
 

Japan’s national land surveying organization offers free web-based map data of Japan that can be directly used for 3D printing. The idea of downloading 3D map data for instant 3D terrain printing may yet to become a norm, but it is actually on its way to development already, and Japan has taken an initiative project [...]

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