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Using a human head to demonstrate map projections (lemmy.world)
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[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Now do Dymaxion

[-] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Is that the orange peel one?

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Depends on how you peel an orange

[-] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The way I peel a globe

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

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:

[-] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ok that is quite a smart technique

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Buckminster Fuller was quite a smart guy

[-] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Nahh I bet he just wanted to sell more of his geodesic domes

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