When Doug McCune was shaken awake by the Napa earthquake last month , he did what any sensible person would do in the middle of the night : He download a whole bunch of earthquake data . A few more days of tinkering , and he had created this 3D - print visualization of the quake .
If you ’ve ever looked at earthquake data , you ’ve probably seen theShakemapsfrom the USGS . The mapping are utilitarian and inelegant ; the epicentre itself becomes a blur of lines . McCune take that same data — prime ground velocity , which is intimately correlate with earthquake damage — and created a 3D visualization of the Napa quake . The peaks are intelligibly defined around Napa , smooth out where the shaking was less intense .
McCune , whose sidereal day Book of Job is at astartup that makes mapping software , print the nine tiles that make up his quake map with his Afinia Series H printing machine . Over at his web log , he ’s try out with 3D visual image of other born disasters , includingOklahoma ’s crack cocaine . And he ’s also interested in 3D print other infamous San Francisco earthquakes of yore , 1989 and 1906 . Now you just have to wonder what the heavy One will look like in 3D. [ Doug McCunevia3DPrint.com ]
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