Textured Earth

thingiverse

This Blender model features a spherical Earth with two displacement maps for enhanced realism. A specular map controls land and ice displacement, while a topography map adds texture to the terrain. The design was inspired by Thingiverse models 14070 and 11660. Access the files on Github at https://github.com/bld/Textured-Earth. To customize the model, adjust the subdivisions of the first modifier for resolution, negative strength of the second modifier for land and ice displacement, and the third modifier's strength for topographic displacement on land. Export as an STL file after enabling the "Import-Export: STL format" addon. To wrap a personalized displacement map onto the sphere, use Sphere Projection UV unwrapping in mesh edit mode (numpad 1) and set the "Texture Coordinate" to "UV." Note that this model was not intended for standalone printing but can be used in other projects.