Dymaxion map
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dymaxion-map-178-2764176
title:
Dymaxion map
text:
The Dymaxion map projection, also called the Fuller projection, is a kind of polyhedral map projection of the Earth's surface onto the unfolded net of an icosahedron. The resulting map is heavily interrupted in order to reduce shape and size distortion compared to other world maps, but the interruptions are chosen to lie in the ocean. The projection was invented by Buckminster Fuller. In 1943, Fuller proposed a projection onto a cuboctahedron, which he called the Dymaxion World, using the name D
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Polyhedral compromise map projection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map
date created:
2003-02-08T03:48:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T08:52:06Z
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