Wood charts reveal layers of underwater world
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Ce qu’on pourra bientôt faire en cartographie avec une imprimante 3D :)
Wood charts reveal layers of underwater world
January 3, 2013 to Mapping by Nathan Yau
Wood map of SF bay
Below the Boat produces beautiful laser-cut wood maps:
Starting with a bathymetric chart (the underwater equivalent of a topographic map), the contours are laser-cut into sheets of Baltic birch and glued together to create a powerful visual depth. Select layers are hand-colored blue so it’s easy to discern land from water, major byways are etched into the land, the whole thing’s framed in a custom, solid-wood frame and protected seamlessly with a sheet of durable, ultra-transparent Plexiglas.