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The view from here

Pick a spot, a summit, a cabin, the place you got engaged, and print the real skyline you see standing there, with the peaks named and how far away they are.

Where you stand

Click the map, or drag the pin, to stand somewhere else. The line on the map is where the skyline is.

Name on the print

Or start from an example

Your eyes

Eye height above the ground

How far to look

The Earth's curve and the way air bends light are taken into account, so far mountains sit as low as they really look.

Shape and size

Diameter Wall

Floor (a pen pot)

Without a floor it is a sleeve for an LED candle or a lamp shade. Read from outside, each side shows the view you see facing that way.

Mountain height

At true scale distant mountains are only a few millimetres tall, so they are raised.

Depth and colours

Nearer ridges stand out in front of the far ones, like layers of paper. Each depth is its own part and colour in the 3MF.

Names

Peak names, heights and distances N, E, S and W Coordinates under the name Letters in their own colour Engrave terraprinter.com inside

How many peaks

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How the skyline is found

Thousands of sightlines

From your eyes, a line goes out every fifth of a degree all the way round, up to 250 km, over real elevation data: fine detail close by, coarser far away. The highest point each line meets is the skyline.

The Earth curves away

Far mountains sink behind the curve of the Earth, and the air bends light a little over them. Both are included, so a peak 150 km away sits as low as it does in a photo.

Only peaks you can see

Every named summit nearby is checked along its own sightline. If a nearer ridge hides it, it is left off; the ones you can see get their name, height and distance cut into the band below.

Ideas to try

The summit you climbed together, the view from a wedding venue or a holiday balcony, a mountain hut, the hill above your home town, or the view from the top of a tower.

Elevation: Mapzen Terrain Tiles on AWS (SRTM, GMTED2010, ETOPO1 and others). Peak names and heights: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Want a ring with a ridgeline instead? See mountain jewellery and vases and lamps, open the TerraPrinter app or see more 3D map gift ideas.