Another topo map

jon.falconer · December 28, 2018, 5:25am

Made this for a Xmas gift. First time working with GIS software but it turned out pretty good.

Jules · December 28, 2018, 5:28am

Great job!

jimmyciesla · December 28, 2018, 2:50pm

That came out nice. What is the over all size?

bkressley · December 28, 2018, 3:12pm

Looks great to me! Well done!

dklgood · December 28, 2018, 3:12pm

Turned out great.

cynd11 · December 28, 2018, 5:17pm

Wonderful detail!

jon.falconer · December 28, 2018, 9:22pm

Thanks. Overall size is 11x14.5 inch

ptodd · December 31, 2018, 2:43am

Nice turn out!

pubultrastar · December 31, 2018, 3:53am

Sweet! Turned out fantastic.

wickstrand · December 31, 2018, 6:05am

Looks great. Can you please share how you got the data to do this? I’m trying to understand the process. Thank you very much.

jon.falconer · January 1, 2019, 7:45pm

Thanks, I used this guide from a separate thread to start:
https://theshamblog.com/a-wooden-laser-cut-topo-map-of-portland-me/

Sourcing the DEM data file and the vector file for the roads was a matter of searching online.
The DEM files can usually be found searching multiple GIS sites for the state/location in question. I actually had to stitch a few files together in the GIS software to cover the region I wanted.

I used the census site for the road file and then cropped based on the limits of the map I was producing.
https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger.html

Hope that helps!

jon.falconer · January 1, 2019, 7:47pm

Thanks. I’d definitely file this under the “holy crap I have 1 week to figure this out because I procrastinate too much” file

wickstrand · January 1, 2019, 11:39pm

So incredibly helpful Jon, my sincere thanks