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LAC is an Italian company that produces superb raised relief maps.  As of
about 5 years ago they made them by taking  linking a hand-held pointer to
an automatic drilling/milling machine - just like the old-fashioned (Thomas
Jefferson era) signature duplicators.  They would then take a  topo map as a
base and then hand-trace each major contour, producing a plaster-of-paris
master.
 
Russell Guy
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At 02:42 PM 7/25/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>Gary,
>I (and about 1400 others) attended the 18th International Cartographic
>Congress in Stockholm, June 97.  The international map exhibition included
>two plastic relief models produced by the Italian Istituto Geographico
>Militare, Firenze: La Marmolade 1:25 000 and Aosta 1:50 000 both 1996.  This
>organisation (and I believe its catalogue which includes a large amount of
>plastic relief mapping) is on the internet although I do not have the
>address to hand.  The snail mail address is:
>
>IGMI
>Via C.Battisti 10
>50122 Firenze
>Italy.
>
>The exhibition catalogue states that the maps were produced using DTMs and
>an `automatic profiling machine' so they are obviously high tech and may
>have some technical information/specifications available.
>
>Good hunting
>
>DAVID WATTAt 08:49 22/07/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>>Does anyone out there have any experience in creating 3D terrain models in
>>foam, plastic or whatever from topographic maps or DTM's ? If you have I'd
>>be grateful if you'd share your experiences or point me in the direction of
>>some reference material about this subject.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Gary Hubbs
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>>
>>Gary Hubbs, Project Consultant
>>Loxley Intergraph (Thailand) Limited
>>Gypsum Metropolitan Tower, 9th Floor
>>539/2 Sri Ayuthaya Road
>>Bangkok 10400, Thailand
>>
>>telephone : (662) 248 8274-6
>>          fax : (662) 248 8278
>>
>>visit our web site at http://www.loxley.co.th/intergraph
>>
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