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It's a Dymaxion projection. It has low distortion over land at the expense of leaving huge gaps at sea. So you can't swim or fly across the oceans, or go around
by dn3500 5y ago
It's a Dymaxion projection. It has low distortion over land at the expense of leaving huge gaps at sea. So you can't swim or fly across the oceans, or go around the world, but distortion will be low within each continent.
https://www.gislounge.com/dymaxion-map-projection/ https://www.gislounge.com/dymaxion-map-projection/
- staplung 5y agoThat's a cool projection that I had never heard of. One thing it's also going to do is mess up the cardinal directions. E.g. in North America, north will be to the left. Might make things slightly confusing when you're trying to recreate stuff.
- peanutz454 5y agoThis is lovely, if only I could find a printable map so that I can paste it to cardboard to create flatable + 3D foldable - map + globe. Edit: First result on Google search (I was absentmindedly using bing earlier) is what I need : https://www.instructables.com/Dymaxion-Earth/ https://www.instructables.com/Dymaxion-Earth/ https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/smaprs/diary/39829 https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/smaprs/diary/39829