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How to create a 3D city map: step-by-step

A 3D city map is a physical model of a district with real buildings, streets, parks and rivers. You can print it on a 3D printer, put it on a shelf or give it as a gift. This guide shows how to make one in minutes — no 3D-modeling skills needed.

Step 1. Pick an area on the map

Open the builder and find your city — Kyiv, Lviv, or any point on Earth. Move the frame over the district you want to keep: your home street, the city center, the place you first met. What's inside the frame becomes the model.

Tip: areas with mixed content look best — some streets, a park, a river. For an 8–11 cm model, a 400–800 m area is the sweet spot.

Step 2. Size and relief

Choose the final size: S (5.5 cm) is a compact souvenir, M (8 cm) is the sweet spot, L (11 cm) and XL (15 cm) stand out on a shelf. Price depends on size — from 350 ₴ (≈€8).

If the terrain is hilly (Kyiv, Lviv, the Carpathians) — enable relief: the model gets real elevation and the hills are visible and touchable.

Step 3. Generate and inspect

Click «Create» — in 2–4 minutes the service assembles the model from OpenStreetMap data: buildings with real heights, roads, greenery, water. Rotate the finished model right in the browser.

Step 4. Print at home or order

Have a printer? Download the ready 3MF or STL file — it opens directly in Bambu Studio or PrusaSlicer with layer colors pre-assigned.

No printer? Order a print: we print in eco-friendly Eco PLA and ship across Ukraine.

Create your 3D map

Creating a model is free — you only pay for printing and delivery if you order the finished item.

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