Print Your Track - press fact sheet
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Name             Print Your Track
Subtitle         3D-print your GPX adventure
Developer        Stephan Heuel (https://blog.heuel.org/pages/about),
                 Topoprint.ch
Platform         iPhone, iOS 17.0 or later
Category         Lifestyle
App price        Free
Try it now       Install TestFlight, then write to press@topoprint.ch and open
                 the invitation on the iPhone. Reply to the same address if
                 the invitation does not work; eleven example routes are
                 included, so no GPX file is needed
AR videos        Screen recordings of the AR preview, all in MP4 format: the
                 Swiss Alps
                 (https://topoprint.ch/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality.mp4),
                 the Scottish Highlands
                 (https://topoprint.ch/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality-pitlochry.mp4),
                 the preview beside a printed model
                 (https://topoprint.ch/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality-side-by-side.mp4),
                 and a print beside its own preview at the Wägitalersee
                 (https://topoprint.ch/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality-pfingsten.mp4)
Making-of video  A timelapse of a model being printed
                 (https://topoprint.ch/videos/topoprint-pfingsten-making-of.mp4),
                 MP4, not a screen recording
Maker Pass       CHF 8 for a month, CHF 20 for a year. Both are non-renewing:
                 they do not auto-renew. A pass unlocks larger print sizes,
                 colored 3MF downloads and custom disc labels, and helps cover
                 cloud processing costs. These are launch prices and are
                 subject to change after launch.
Physical print   Paid separately. As a guide, the filament for a multicolor 20
                 cm model costs less than CHF 10 on a printer of your own. For
                 orders outside Switzerland, costs can range from about CHF 20
                 for a single-color 10 cm model to more than CHF 100 for a
                 multicolor 20 cm model, depending on material and volume.
Languages        English, German, French, Italian
Age rating       4+
Bundle ID        ch.topoprint.printyourtrack
Website          https://topoprint.ch
Also on the web  Print Your Track in the browser
                 (https://designer.topoprint.ch/gpx.html), and the Topodisc
                 Designer (https://designer.topoprint.ch) for Switzerland
Support          https://topoprint.ch/faq.html
Privacy policy   https://topoprint.ch/privacy.html
Status           In public beta. Submitted to Apple and awaiting App Store
                 approval; no confirmed release date yet.
Press contact    press@topoprint.ch

One line
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Print Your Track turns a GPX file from a hike, ride or run into a
3D-printable model of the terrain you crossed.

Short
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Print Your Track turns any GPX track into a 3D-printable terrain model.
Import a route, set the print size, terrain padding and vertical
exaggeration, and preview the result in 3D or in AR before you print it
at home or order it from a printing service. Before anything is
uploaded, the app strips timestamps and other metadata from the file on
the iPhone: only the route geometry, elevations and the track title
leave the device.

Printing, ordering and costs
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The app creates the digital model. The physical print is a separate step
and a separate purchase.

Create the model in the app, then download the print file for a printer
of your own or send it to an independent printing service from the app.

The cost depends mainly on the model size and whether it is printed in
one or several colors. Doubling the side length means at least four
times as much material.

A multicolor model uses four colors. That is a property of the printers
themselves: a consumer multicolor 3D printer can feed a small, fixed
number of filaments, and four is the usual count. So every part of the
model is assigned to one of four groups — the ground, the water,
everything built on it, and one accent color reserved for the subject
of the print, your track or a highlighted building. Roads and buildings
therefore share a color and are told apart by their height, not their
hue. Printing in a single color is always possible, and assigning new
colors can be done too.

As a guide, the filament for a multicolor 20 cm model costs less than
CHF 10 on a printer of your own. For orders outside Switzerland, costs
can range from about CHF 20 for a single-color 10 cm model to more than
CHF 100 for a multicolor 20 cm model. These are indicative prices and
depend on material and volume; the binding price is shown by the
printing service before ordering.

For customers in Switzerland, the app uses Swiss company Teil3 as its
preferred printing service. For customers elsewhere, it uses
CraftCloud, a Germany-based service that brokers orders to production
partners around the world.

Screenshots
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screenshots/en-US  English UI
screenshots/de-DE  German UI, for German-language outlets
Both sets are the same seven screens in the same order.

Credits
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Swiss terrain, buildings, bridges and water: swisstopo (swissALTI3D,
swissBUILDINGS3D, swissTLM3D). Elsewhere: terrain processed through
Mapterhorn from around 148 open national elevation datasets, up to
sub-metre where available and with Copernicus GLO-30 at about 30 m as
the fallback; water and the road and rail network from Overture Maps.
No buildings or bridges outside Switzerland.
Screenshots and app icon may be reproduced in coverage of the app.
