Real raised relief to explore through touch and feel.
- Size - unframed 22x32 inches
- Size - framed 23x33 inches
- Material - plastic mounted on foam board
- Handmade real Walnut frame available
- Individually made in our San Diego, CA shop
Arizona is home to two of the country's most distinctive landscapes: the Grand Canyon, carved by the Colorado River and protected as a national park since 1919, and the Sonoran Desert, where the saguaro cactus — found nowhere else in the wild — has been protected since 1933, when Saguaro National Monument was first established outside Tucson. This 1969 geological map traces the terrain between them, from the depths of the canyon to the desert floor. Explore that range in stunning 3D Raised Relief, an original creation from Muir Way. This unique map undergoes a meticulous process where it is georeferenced, printed, heated, and vacuum-formed over an intricately detailed 3D mold, so you can trace Arizona's canyons and desert by touch.
Framed maps do not have glass or acrylic over them, so you can touch the map and explore its intricacies.
PLEASE NOTE
You will love this map if you embrace its anomalies. When the plastic is heated and stretched over the 3D mold, the image may be altered, causing warped lines and text around higher elevations. The fine print on plastic is not as sharp as on paper, sometimes rendering very small text illegible.
