# Personalized Hometown Jigsaw Puzzle Piece Together Your Neighborhood By Bianca | Published 2007-12-04 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/personalized-hometown-jigsaw-puzzle References: [Notice: Undefined index: host in /home/jeremy/public_html/thcp/core/core.functions.php(637) : eval()'d code on line 3](http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102218187&c;=&v;=&ddi;=/products/b9/17/06/102218187gx1.jpg) Everyone loves doing [jigsaw puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/harry-potter-jigsaw-puzzle), but imagine how much more fun it would be to put one together if it featured an image close to home. The Personalized Hometown Jigsaw is a 400-piece puzzle representing your neighborhood -- with your home depicted as a house-shaped piece in the center. The puzzles are created from a [United States Geological Survey](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rfid-tracking-network) map, marking all the roads, buildings (schools, the local pub), bodies of water and even vegetation. It shows 6 miles east and west of your home and 4 miles north and south of it. This makes an excellent gift for young and old and comes in a presentation box with a [personalized message](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/little-me-ornaments) from you. For $39.95, all you have to do is send in the desired address and wait 2-3 weeks for the customized puzzle to arrive! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.9/10 - Popularity: 66% | Activity: 43% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Personalized Hometown Memorabilia:** Create personalized jigsaw puzzles or other memorabilia featuring a customer's home or neighborhood - **Hyper-local Gift Giving:** Offer customers the ability to give unique, hyper-local gifts that are tailored specifically to a recipient's neighborhood or town - **Customized Cartography:** Develop new technologies or services to enable customers to create and order customized maps or other cartographic products ### Where This Applies - **E-commerce:** Offer personalized hometown memorabilia as a new product category within existing e-commerce platforms - **Print-on-demand:** Invest in technology and infrastructure to enable print-on-demand of customized jigsaw puzzles or other memorabilia - **Custom Geographic Information Systems (GIS):** Develop a custom GIS platform that enables customers to create and order customized maps or other cartographic products ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Custom Photo Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/custom-photo-puzzles.md) - [Frameable Jigsaw Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/frameable-jigsaw-puzzle.md) - [Giftable Cake Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cake-puzzle.md) - [Wooden Holiday Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/holiday-puzzles.md) - [Artist-Edition Jigsaw Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artistedition-jigsaw-puzzles.md) - [Social Good Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/derrick-adams-x-dreamyard.md) - [Intricate Jigsaw Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/intricate-jigsaw-puzzle.md) - [Holiday Puzzle Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/holiday-puzzle.md) - [Immersive Jigsaw Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/harry-potter-jigsaw-puzzle.md)