Coaster and tile sets

One map, cut into pieces that each stand alone: a set of coasters for the table, or tiles that hang side by side as one big wall map. Every piece is drawn from the same map at the same scale, so the streets and hills run on from one piece to the next.

Place

Drag and zoom the map. The outlines show what lands on each piece.

Or start from an example

Paris coasters Venice hexagons Manhattan wall Mont Blanc relief Grand Canyon tiles

The set

Shape

How many

Size of each coaster

Look

Layers and colours

Line weight

Title

Where

Title Subtitle

Title size

The title is raised in the text colour on a flat panel.

Print

Base thickness Height of each colour step

Water Roads

Raised rim around each coaster

The back

Recess for a cork or felt pad

Pad size

Depth Pad shape

Engrave each piece's place (A1, A2, …) on the back Engrave terraprinter.com on the back

Laser cut and engrave

The same pieces as engraved wooden coasters or tiles: one SVG with every board, cut outlines in red, each kind of map feature on its own engrave colour.

How the pieces fit together

One map, many pieces

The whole set is drawn as one map at one scale, then each piece is cut from it. Where two wall tiles meet, the streets and coastlines on both sides are cut along the same line, so they continue across the seam without a step. Terrain pieces share one base height and one vertical scale for the same reason.

Coasters

Sets of four or six square or round coasters, or four, six or seven hexagons, about 80 to 110 mm each. A low rim around each one keeps drips in, and an optional recess underneath takes a cork or felt pad. Lay them out in the order engraved on the back and the map joins up.

Wall tiles

A grid of up to four by four square tiles, each as big as your print bed allows. Keyhole slots hang them on screws; magnet pockets hold them on a steel board or a fridge. The place of each tile and an arrow pointing up are engraved on its back.

Printing in colour

In map-art colours every colour is its own height, the same on every piece: load the 3MF on a multi-colour printer, or swap filament at the listed heights on a single-nozzle printer. The 3MF puts each piece on the plate as one object with its colours as parts; the zip has one STL per piece and one per colour.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Elevation © Mapzen / AWS Terrain Tiles. Want one piece instead? Make a map art plaque, a full 3D model in the TerraPrinter app, or see more 3D map gift ideas.