Dr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down155cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1497arrow-down1external-linkYSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projectioncorrectthemap.orgDr. Moose@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoEach region on a dymaxion map is absolutely fine though, it’s just when you put it all together it becomes god awful. A butterfly map is a better compromise if you need a world map.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIf you have a physical Dymaxion Map, you make each vertex a hinge so you can swing to connect the bits you want to be adjacent for the purpose at hand.
Each region on a dymaxion map is absolutely fine though, it’s just when you put it all together it becomes god awful.
A butterfly map is a better compromise if you need a world map.
If you have a physical Dymaxion Map, you make each vertex a hinge so you can swing to connect the bits you want to be adjacent for the purpose at hand.