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Using a human head to demonstrate map projections (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that the orange peel one?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends on how you peel an orange

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The way I peel a globe

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok that is quite a smart technique

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Buckminster Fuller was quite a smart guy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

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