A new Kickstarter project wants to give schools around the world the ability to easily create accurate 3D-printed topographical maps.

She's currently helping the U.S. Geological Survey apply the lessons she's learned from her research to redesign its huge collection of national topographic maps.

Layer 1: This is a map of where the trees are in the lower 48 states. The data is incredibly high resolution, accurate to within 30 meters, a scale which means that forest managers and researchers ...