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Already has! I made Terrain2STL [0] a couple years ago to do just that. It converts STRM topo data to the STL format. [0] - http://jthatch.com/Terrain2STL/ htt

• dharma1 10y ago
  Nice. Could you 3D print the entire earth as a globe? :)
  • schoen 10y ago
    As noahnoahnoah's comment alludes to, there is kind of a problem with elevation differences on Earth being small. For example, the vertical distance from sea level to the summit of Mt. Everest is only 0.1% of the Earth's radius. If you made a globe with a 1 foot diameter, Mt. Everest should then be on about 0.2 millimeters above the surface (if you choose to represent sea level as the surface). Edit: this problem is less dramatic if you make either models either of local regions, or extremely large models (because relative to the size of a region like the Bay Area, the highest elevations in the region are fairly high).
    • dharma1 10y ago
      You are absolutely right, it hit me as well after posting the questing. The elevations would have to be vastly exaggerated for a globe