That's pretty much exactly what the Dymaxion projection does. Animated version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map#/media/File:Dymaxion_2003_animation_

That's pretty much exactly what the Dymaxion projection does. Animated version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map#/media/File:Dymaxion_2003_animation_small1.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map#/media/File:Dymax... Fun fact: Dymaxion was invented by Buckminster Fuller of geodesic dome fame.