Flying Squid to Map [email protected] • 12 days agoUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionsimagemessage-square67arrow-up1504arrow-down112
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 days 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:
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 days agoBuckminster Fuller was quite a smart guy
minus-square@subarctictundralink1•6 days agoNahh I bet he just wanted to sell more of his geodesic domes
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:
Ok that is quite a smart technique
Buckminster Fuller was quite a smart guy
Nahh I bet he just wanted to sell more of his geodesic domes