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Show HN: Turn GPS tracks into 3D-Printed mountains (nicetrails.com)
63 points by belforn 3760 days ago
6 comments

Hi, this is Bernat, 3D printing designer...

we launched nicetrails to create unique trophies for mountaineers and outdoor sport activities.

the idea is: 1. Upload a GPS track (.gpx) 2. View the trail in 3D 3. Choose map style: satellite / snow 4. Order your trophy (3D Print in full color)

are you a hiker? biker? trail runner? I'd like your feedback, you can try to upload a .GPX file and see if all looks as expected.

*no need to register

I hope you like it.

Cheers from Barcelona!

This is super neat. Is the vertical scale fixed? Midwestern US hills are a challenge to bike IMO but probably not impressive when compared w/these fantastic alpine landscapes.
For long routes (>100km), the terrain tends to look flat, due to the proportions of altitude (Z) vs width/length...

to solve that, we added a "terrain enhancer", a slider to exaggerate the altitude and give a dramatic look to the 3D model :)

Nice!
Nice work. I'm getting a timeout on http://app.nicetrails.com/api/createXML3D_base_noUV_nobase_U... when trying to upload my own .gpx
Strange, After uploading it should load the viewer instantly...

Please try to upload again from here: http://www.nicetrails.com/app/

I would love to use something like this to capture a ski day. If I could just turn on a mobile app at the beginning of the day to track my route and then export from the app that would be sharp. Maybe integration with Strava and other such apps?
This is extremely creative and cool. Nice job!
Love this. Wish my recent hikes were more ambitious (and thusly deserving of memorialization)!
This is super cool. Too bad 3D printing is still so expensive.
right, that's the main drawback... :( specially because 3Dprinting prices escalate volumetrically... which means that something double the size is not twice expensive, but like eight times more expensive...