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Guides and ideas: personal 3D city maps, route keychains and gifts that mean something.
How to create a 3D city map: step-by-step
Step by step: make a 3D map of your neighborhood in 5 minutes — pick an area, size, relief, print at home or order. Free builder.
Read →A gift for someone who has everything
A gift no one else has: a 3D map of a place that matters — a childhood street, where you met, your first home. From ≈€6.
Read →A city map keychain — a little map that's always with you
55×30 mm map keychain: your neighborhood's streets and parks in relief, custom text on the back. 3D-printed to order, shipping to Ukraine & EU.
Read →GPX route keychain: your track made physical
Upload a GPX track from Strava or Garmin — get a keychain with your route as a relief line over the district map. A marathon or hike memory from ≈€3.
Read →3D map of Kyiv: a city you can hold
Podil, Pechersk, Obolon or Rusanivka — a 3D map of any Kyiv district with real buildings and the relief of the Dnipro hills. Printed from ≈€6.
Read →What is 3D printing: a jargon-free explanation
3D printing in plain words: how a printer grows an object layer by layer from plastic, what FDM is and why 3D city maps are printed this way.
Read →Eco PLA: the material your map is printed in
PLA is a bioplastic made from corn starch: safe, odorless, holds 0.4 mm detail. Why our 3D maps are printed in Eco PLA and how it behaves at home.
Read →How to choose a 3D map size: an honest comparison
3D map size comparison: S 5.5 cm, M 8 cm, L 11 cm, XL 15 cm. Which size fits which area, shelf and budget.
Read →Terrain relief on a 3D map: on or off
The terrain relief option adds real elevation to the map. For which cities relief is a must, where it's pointless, and how it prints.
Read →Caring for a 3D-printed item
Care for a PLA 3D map, keychain or magnet: how to dust it, what to avoid (heat, solvents), how to keep it looking new for years.
Read →A city map magnet: a souvenir about your place
A 6 cm map magnet: a relief 3D map of your chosen district instead of a generic souvenir. Your city, your street, your backyard — on the fridge.
Read →Custom 3D printing of maps with delivery across Ukraine and the EU
Custom 3D-printed maps, keychains and wall panels shipped to any city: Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Vinnytsia and the EU. Eco PLA, 1–3 business days, from ≈€3.
Read →A gift for a soldier: a piece of home you can hold
A gift idea for a serviceman — husband, boyfriend, brother-in-arms: a 3D map of the home city or a keychain with the home street, always in a pocket. From ≈€3.
Read →A gift for a runner that can't be bought off the shelf
What to give a runner who has everything: a keychain with the GPX track of their first marathon or favourite loop. Upload from Strava — we print it in relief. From ≈€3.
Read →A gift for someone far from home: a piece of their city
What to give a person who left their home city: a 3D map of the home district or a keychain with the home street. For refugees, friends abroad, family. From ≈€3, EU delivery.
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