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elleng

(141,926 posts) Sun Jun 18, 2023, 02:29 PM Jun 2023

Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie

We're long overdue for an accurate world map. Get the real story behind different map projections and see which one is the most accurate map of the world.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/finally-a-world-map-that-doesnt-lie?

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Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie (Original Post) elleng Jun 2023 OP

Well, a "more accurate map" is a more accurate description, 4dog Jun 2023 #1

Look up Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2023 #2

4dog

(539 posts)

1. Well, a "more accurate map" is a more accurate description,

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 02:51 PM

Jun 2023

But still a clever idea, and it says in the link that you can actually use his paper version to go from an (approximate) globe to flat.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,604 posts)

2. Look up Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 04:00 PM

Jun 2023

He designed this world map, i think, in the 1970s.

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