Idaho’s terrain doesn’t lend itself to flat maps. The Sawtooth Range, the Bitterroot Mountains, the Snake River Plain, and the rugged River of No Return Wilderness all occupy the same state boundary and read completely differently in elevation. A 2D map flattens all of it.
This NCR Series raised relief map from Map Shop’s Hubbard Scientific line brings that topography into physical form. Printed on high-grade vinyl, each map is heat-treated and vacuum-formed by hand over a custom Idaho terrain mold built from digital elevation data. Natural color relief shading layers over the 3D surface to show elevation transitions across mountain ranges, valleys, and river basins.
Wall art, terrain reference, and tactile geography tool in a single piece.











