A friend of mine created something similar using a numerical optimization based approach to minimize distortion. He also made the artistic choice to split the w

A friend of mine created something similar using a numerical optimization based approach to minimize distortion. He also made the artistic choice to split the water between Australia and Asia to get even lower distortion. See Elastic II here: https://kunimune.blog/2023/12/29/introducing-the-elastic-projections/ https://kunimune.blog/2023/12/29/introducing-the-elastic-pro...