Flying Squid to Map [email protected] • 3 months agoUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionslemmy.worldimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1507
arrow-up1507imageUsing a human head to demonstrate map projectionslemmy.worldFlying Squid to Map [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months 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•3 months agoBuckminster Fuller was quite a smart guy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months 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