{"id":1789719,"date":"2020-11-27T14:32:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789719"},"modified":"2020-11-27T14:32:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:32:31","slug":"making-3d-art-from-old-geological-and-relief-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/making-3d-art-from-old-geological-and-relief-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Making 3D Art from Old Geological and Relief Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sean
Sean Conway <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dmitriy
Dmitriy Worontzov <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Apparently independently of one another, Sean Conway<\/a> and Dmitriy Worontzov<\/a> have been taking old geological and relief maps and applying using digital elevation models to apply 3D effects to them. The end result is a two-dimensional image, or a print, but it\u2019s hard to shake the feeling that these maps now have real depth and texture. Conway, an orthoimagery specialist, works mainly on old U.S. relief maps; the results are available for sale<\/a> as posters. Read more about him at My Modern Met<\/em><\/a>. Worontzov, a Moscow-based art director, goes for geological maps, mainly from the Soviet era; see his work on Behance<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>, and read about him at Abduzeedo<\/a>. [Alejandro Polanco<\/a>, WMS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apparently independently of one another, Sean Conway and Dmitriy Worontzov have been taking old geological and relief maps and applying using digital elevation models to apply 3D effects to them. The end result is a… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,32],"tags":[105,210],"class_list":["post-1789719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","category-geology","tag-posters","tag-relief-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791378,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/peter-bolts-bespoke-3d-relief-models\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789719,"position":0},"title":"Peter Bolt’s Bespoke 3D Relief Models","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Since 2013, Peter Bolt\u2014whose company is called Landfall\u2014has been making bespoke 3D relief models based on from nautical charts, Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photographs (see his portfolio for examples). 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