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This discussion helped me discover my new favorite map. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peirce_Quincuncial_Projection_1879.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

• _steady 2y ago
  oh wow that's a lot like a maximally extended penrose diagram
• thih9 2y ago
  More projections in a friendly pdf: “An Album of Map Projections”[1], the one above is on page 190. For a more festive example see Berghaus star projection on page 156. [1]: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1453/report.pdf https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1453/report.pdf (1989)
  • dclaw 2y ago
    OK, that's fucking awesome. Thanks
• deleted 2y ago
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• extraduder_ire 2y ago
  I believe I have seen the same projection used in a mod for quake 3 for dramatically increased POV.