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
App Store        Download Print Your Track
                 (https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/print-your-track/id6792556481);
                 free, iPhone, iOS 17 or later
Upcoming update  The TestFlight build of version 1.1.1 improves processing
                 reliability, gives clearer progress information when a build
                 fails, and marks colored models in Recent. Version 1.1 added
                 GPX export from the app, plus AR preview and USDZ download on
                 shareable model pages.
AR videos        Screen recordings of the AR preview, all in MP4 format: the
                 Swiss Alps
                 (https://printyourtrack.com/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality.mp4),
                 the Scottish Highlands
                 (https://printyourtrack.com/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality-pitlochry.mp4),
                 the preview beside a printed model
                 (https://printyourtrack.com/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality-side-by-side.mp4),
                 and a print beside its own preview at the Wägitalersee
                 (https://printyourtrack.com/videos/topoprint-augmented-reality-pfingsten.mp4)
Making-of video  A timelapse of a model being printed
                 (https://printyourtrack.com/videos/topoprint-pfingsten-making-of.mp4),
                 MP4, not a screen recording
Maker Pass       CHF 8 for one month (up to 30 models) or CHF 20 for one year
                 (up to 365 models). Both are one-time, non-renewing
                 purchases. A pass unlocks larger print sizes, colored 3MF
                 downloads, custom disc labels, and a hosted web copy of each
                 print. It also helps cover cloud processing costs. These are
                 introductory prices and may change.
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://printyourtrack.com
Also on the web  Print Your Track in the browser
                 (https://printyourtrack.com/gpx.html); Topodisc Designer
                 (https://topoprint.ch) for Switzerland
Support          https://topoprint.ch/faq.html
Privacy policy   https://topoprint.ch/privacy.html
Status           Available on the App Store. Version 1.1.1 is in TestFlight
                 and improves processing reliability, failed-build progress
                 information, and the Recent list.
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
you can preview in 3D, place in AR and share. Import a route, shape the
terrain, then download a print file or order a physical model from the
app. Before upload, the app removes timestamps and other metadata from
the GPX file on the iPhone.

What's new in 1.1.1
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Processing is more reliable, including for a long GPX track from Sweden.
Progress information is clearer when a build fails, Recent identifies
colored models, and the app and backend include further fixes. Version
1.1 added GPX export from the app, plus AR preview and USDZ download
on shareable model pages.

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.
