Materials
13 printed sheets, 18,887 plates, and the Python that generates the sheets. Free to download and free to copy.
Docs
13 sheets to print
Print the instruction sheet and the mapping sheets for the phase you are on. The rest is optional. Two of the sheets print at non-standard sizes, noted below.
Instruction Sheet - Phase 1 1 page · 150 kB
How to read a mapping sheet and stack a square. Pin one up by the table.
Mapping Sheets - Phase 1 18 pages · 196 kB
One page per baseplate, giving the stack height of each of its 256 squares.
Global Reference Poster - Phase 1 1 page · 165 kB
The whole board at once, in elevation bands, for the wall. 36 x 20 in, color.
Instruction Sheet - Phase 2 1 page · 150 kB
The same, for laying the geology plate on top of a finished stack.
Mapping Sheets - Phase 2 18 pages · 210 kB
One page per baseplate, giving the unit of each square.
Global Reference Poster - Phase 2 1 page · 164 kB
The geological map at board resolution, for the wall. 36 x 20 in, color.
Baseplate Template 1 page · 113 kB
The full-size grid the 18 baseplates are laid out on. 62 x 34 in. Print at 100 per cent with fit-to-page off, then check it by measuring 1,536 x 768 mm between the inner corner marks.
Bin Labels 3 pages · 28 kB
Labels for the brick bins, with color name, element number and count.
Cards - Builder 1 page · 16 kB
Hand these to anyone who builds a square.
Cards - Business Card 1 page · 103 kB
Carries the address of this site and a QR code to it. 10 to a sheet, cut on the crop ticks.
Cards - Mission Accomplished 2 pages · 35 kB
For a finished baseplate.
Cards - Off the Chart 1 page · 27 kB
For the 3 squares that run past the printed color bar.
Document List 1 page · 126 kB
The inventory of everything above, with the printing note for each.
Pieces
18,887 plates
The plates are 2x2. An element number is LEGO's own part code, which Pick a Brick searches on.
Phase 1, the elevation bands
Phase 2, the geological units
Code
How the sheets are made
Python scripts produce the sheets. The unit names, brick colors and plate counts sit in 2 CSV files, and the scripts read those to lay out the mapping sheets, the bin labels and the posters.