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Spork2 years ago

@TerribleMaps Dymaxion map - aka Fuller Projection. It's Bucky's world, we're just living in it.

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Bob Scheurle2 years ago

@TerribleMaps What your favorite map projection says about you.

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Pieter-Jan Lijnen2 years ago

@TerribleMaps Did I miss Mercator??

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Caroline the Average Athlete2 years ago

Dammit, now I have to go and watch that episode of The West Wing!

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Passion gone2 years ago

Antarctica needs to chill

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florian meier2 years ago

maybe just try the dymaxion projection. least amount of distortion.

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Rory O'Farrell 🧐📈2 years ago

At least all these have the centre at the equator, rather than 30 degrees, which is commonly done.

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