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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.
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion map. A polyhedral map projection is a map projection based on a spherical polyhedron. Typically, the polyhedron is overlaid on the globe, and each face of the polyhedron is transformed to a polygon or other shape in the plane. The best-known polyhedral map projection is Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion map.
A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy's Geography and using his second map projection. In cartography, a map projection is any of a broad set of transformations employed to represent the curved two-dimensional surface of a globe on a plane.
Dymaxion map of the world with the continental landmasses (Roman numerals) and 30 largest islands (Arabic numerals) highlighted. Image title: A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°. Coastlines precise to 110 km. Width: 100%: Height: 100%
Development of the quadrilateralized spherical cube projection on an Earth model [1] In mapmaking, a quadrilateralized spherical cube, or quad sphere for short, is an equal-area polyhedral map projection and discrete global grid scheme for data collected on a spherical surface (either that of the Earth or the celestial sphere).
[Blank map of the world in an unfolded Fuller projection, also known as Dymaxion Air-Ocean World map. 1954 final version for an icosahedron, modified to only include continent outlines] Error: {{Langx}}: text has italic markup [Carte du monde suivant une projection de Fuller dépliée, aussi appelée carte Dymaxion.
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Goode homolosine projection of the world. Tissot indicatrix on Goode homolosine projection, 15° graticule.. The Goode homolosine projection (or interrupted Goode homolosine projection) is a pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite map projection used for world maps.