Dymaxion Map with Tissot's Indicatrices of Distortion
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The Dymaxion map, invented by R. Buckminster Fuller, is a projection
of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be unfolded and
flattened to two dimensions. Each circle is 1,000 km in diameter. Image credit:
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