We turn the places you love into art you can hang on your wall — using nothing but satellite data and the shape of the land itself.
Every place on Earth has a unique topographic fingerprint. Mountains have their own rhythm of peaks and valleys. Coastlines curve in patterns shaped by millions of years. Even a seemingly flat landscape tells a story in its subtle contours.
We take satellite-derived elevation data and transform it into minimalist contour art — the same kind of lines you'd find on a hiking map, but rendered as something beautiful enough to frame.
The result is art that's deeply personal. Not a generic print, but a piece that captures the actual shape of a place that matters to you.
Topo Prints began with a simple frustration: wanting a topographic print of a favorite mountain and not being able to find one that looked right. The mass-produced options were either too busy or too generic — clip art dressed up as cartography.
So we built a rendering engine instead. One that starts with real USGS elevation data — the same dataset that powers geological surveys and wilderness navigation — and traces actual contour lines through the terrain. No shortcuts, no stock imagery, no approximations.
What started as one print of one mountain became a system that can render any location on Earth in seven distinct cartographic styles, from classic USGS survey aesthetics to minimalist Swiss-inspired designs. Each map is individually computed from 1-arc-second terrain data — the digital successor to the hand-surveyed quadrangle maps the USGS produced from 1947 to 2006.
We're still a small operation based in the Pacific Northwest, and we like it that way. Every render is generated on demand. No warehouses of pre-printed inventory — just precise elevation data, turned into art, for places that actually mean something to the people who order them.
Every line in your print represents real elevation data. This isn't a stylized illustration — it's the actual shape of the terrain.
Our coverage spans the globe. From Himalayan peaks to Scottish highlands to your hometown hills — if it has terrain, we can print it.
You choose the location, the exact area, the detail level. Your print is generated on demand — no one else has the same one.
We obsess over the details — accurate data, crisp rendering, museum-quality materials.
Art should connect you to something real. A memory, a dream, a place that shaped you.
The best design removes what doesn't matter. Our prints let the terrain speak for itself.
Each print begins with 1-arc-second elevation data from the USGS 3DEP National Elevation Dataset and global SRTM surveys — the same data used by the US Geological Survey, the National Park Service, and professional cartographers worldwide. This dataset is the digital successor to the 1:24,000 topographic survey program that mapped America from 1947 to 2006, capturing terrain height at roughly 30-meter intervals.
Our rendering engine extracts contour lines through this data — curves connecting points of equal elevation, individually computed for each location. The algorithm adapts contour intervals to the local terrain: tight spacing on steep cliffs, wide breathing room on gentle slopes. Roads come from OpenStreetMap; water features from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset and HydroRIVERS global river network. Every print is uniquely generated; no two are identical.
The result is rendered as high-resolution vector art, then reproduced on 200+ GSM archival matte paper using giclée pigment inks rated for 100+ years of color stability — the same materials and processes used by fine art galleries and museum print shops.
Heavy-weight, acid-free matte stock with a smooth professional finish. The same paper weight used by fine art galleries.
Archival pigment-based inks rated for 100+ years before color fading. Rich, accurate color reproduction across every contour.
Every contour line is mathematically computed from USGS elevation data at 30-meter resolution. Precision cartography, not clip art.
Solid alder hardwood frames with UV-shielding acrylic and acid-free foam core backing. Arrives ready to hang.
Premium poly-cotton canvas with a semi-gloss finish, stretched over a solid pine frame. Museum-wrapped edges.
Every order ships free, worldwide. Carefully packaged in rigid mailers to arrive in perfect condition.
Design is free. Pick a place that matters to you.
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