Flying Squid to Map [email protected] • 2 days agoUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionsimagemessage-square64arrow-up1490arrow-down111
arrow-up1479arrow-down1imageUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionsFlying Squid to Map [email protected] • 2 days agomessage-square64
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 hours agoThen no. You project the globe onto an icosahedron, then unfold it into a net (mostly) in a way that keeps the continents (or oceans, if that better suits your purpose) roughly contiguous. This trades awkward interruptions for less deformation. The “One-ocean” variant:
The way I peel a globe
Then no. You project the globe onto an icosahedron, then unfold it into a net (mostly) in a way that keeps the continents (or oceans, if that better suits your purpose) roughly contiguous. This trades awkward interruptions for less deformation.
The “One-ocean” variant: