Using a human head to demonstrate map projections
Using a human head to demonstrate map projections
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Now do Dymaxion
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Is that the orange peel one?
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Depends on how you peel an orange
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The way I peel a globe
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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:
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Ok that is quite a smart technique
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Buckminster Fuller was quite a smart guy
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Nahh I bet he just wanted to sell more of his geodesic domes
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67 comments