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# map of ireland
An Irish emigrant has designed this amazing map for people to 3D print
Now that’s handy.
GOOGLE MAPS IS so last week. Now, if you want to take a look at lovely Ireland in all its greatness, you can do it in 3D.
Reddit user Conor O’Kane posted this excellent 3D map of Ireland – and he’s provided a template to boot. He made it for his parents using Space Shuttle Radar Topography mission data, and it turned out brilliantly.
Here it is painted…
He moved to Melbourne in 2002, but clearly misses home.
If you’re lucky enough to have a 3D printer, you can get the template here.
People began trying their own, and they’re not half bad
Yes, the future is here
Written by Nicola Byrne and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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