I will create a shaded relief or 3d terrain map from real elevation data

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Ricardo P.

About this gig

A mountain, island, valley or trail drawn from real elevation data, as a flat shaded relief map or a 3D terrain render.


For books and travel guides, reports, websites, tourism boards and wall posters.


What you get

  • Relief from Copernicus DEM (30 m, worldwide) or finer national data where it is open
  • Water, place names and your title
  • Your GPX route and an elevation profile (Standard and Premium)
  • A 3D perspective render in 4K (Premium)
  • PNG and PDF, print ready up to 50 x 70 cm (about 20 x 28 in), or sized for screens


Tools: QGIS, Python and Blender.

Not included: printing and shipping, or maps for navigation.


Licence: Basic and Standard cover personal use and your own reports, slides and website. Products for sale, advertising and client work need Premium or the Commercial use extra. Data credits stay on the map, as their licences require.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL: openstreetmap.org/copyright


Please send: the place (name, coordinates or GPX), the size or use, colours you like and the text you want.

Delivery style preference

Please inform the freelancer of any preferences or concerns regarding the use of AI tools in the completion and/or delivery of your order.

Get to know Ricardo P.

Ricardo P.

Shaded relief, custom maps and publication GIS figures

  • FromPortugal
  • Member sinceOct 2026
  • Languages

    Portuguese, English
I'm Ricardo, a geology student in Portugal who makes custom maps. I turn real terrain data (Copernicus elevation, OpenStreetMap, national datasets) into shaded relief art, wedding maps, trail posters and clear figures for theses and papers. Every map is made to order, properly credited and delivered as print-ready files. I reply within 24 hours.