#mapprojection

[wtfearth123]

The Mercator map distorts the true size of the continents. For example, Africa and Russia have different distances on the map than in reality. A planisphere can show this discrepancy clearly.

[mindhuestudio]

Hoping to start playing with the world tesselation project that's been kicking around for a few months now... First, however, it's good to make sure which triangles border which other triangles. . #worldtesselation #icosohedron #mapprojection #numbering #measuretwicecutonce #1234567891011121314151617181920 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMX-vbjFs0g/?igshid=moeumbhq32ay

[orum]

Inscribing idealised geometry upon an irregular planetary body: The Tropic of Cancer is the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead. Detail from a sea atlas by Henrik Doncker, Amsterdam, 1669 #mapprojection #navigation #workinprogress #inscribingtheworld https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTXp28A1lp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ncrr2u4enkbe

[venedi]

Multicalendar 2019 #workinprogress #mapprojection #map #projection #dymaxion #buckministerfuller #lines #grid 🕶 #wip #design #polish #tribute #10anniversary

[orum]

Elements of map projection with applications to map and chart construction, published in 1921explaining w The distortions of various map projection https://archive.org/stream/cu31924003898271#page/n58/mode/1up #MustSee #research #mapprojection

[oschene]

Valk Projected onto the Intersection of Six Cylinders on Flickr.

Via Flickr: From the map, Novus planiglobii terrestris per utrumque polum conspectus by Gerard Valck, 1695. A cylindrical projection aimed at those who can entertain thirty-six points-of-view simultaneously. A compound eye would help. I, for one, welcome our insect overlords.