Missing Maps Globe

This 3D printed globe was designed by MSF Missing Maps team in Czechia as a gift for mapathon organizers, Missing Maps champions, and validators in the winter 2024/25. 

About Missing Maps:

Missing Maps is a project led by a collective of organizations working towards a common goal of creating accessible map data where humanitarian organizations are operating. Each member organization carries out their own mapping activities with their wider communities guided by shared ethics. Missing Maps would be nothing without this collaboration of participating organizations, communities and individuals. To achieve this goal, Missing Maps organizations grow a global community of mappers to support communities impacted by violence, diseases, climate change and natural disasters. OpenStreetMap is the volunteer-driven open data mapping platform which makes all of this possible, supported by the not-for-profit OpenStreetMap Foundation. 

Manufacturing instructions:

• The item consist of 3 3D printed components:
  • Globe
  • Holder
  • Stand shaped as MissingMaps logo
• Material: PLA (Prusament Orange for the globe, Prusament PLA Galaxy Silver for the stand and holder), 3pcs of M3x16 DIN 912 bolts.
• 3D Printer: FDM 3D printer, 
• Slicer settings: 0.2mm layer height for the globe, 0.25mm layer height for the stand and holder. The globe is divided along the equator into two halves and dowels are used to align the halves together during assembly. 
• Post processing instructions: None
• Assembly instructions: 
  1. First glue the three 3D printed dowels to one hemisphere using regular superglue. 
  2. Then cover the smooth surface of the hemisphere with dowels with glue, put also a drop on the top of each of the pins. Firmly press the other hemisphere on the pins so that the continents align. 
  3. The finished globes are attached to the holder using two M3x16 DIN 912 bolts. There is no need to use glue, the bolts will hold well in the plastic. Thighten the bolts so the globe rotates freely.
  4. Finally attach the globe in the holder to the stand. Here, it is attached with both glue and one M3x16 DIN 912 bolt. When tightening the bolt, be careful not to overtighten it.