Map Projections

Icosahedral Pseudoglobes

Globes folded with 160 g/m2 paper, approximate height 7 cm

Since they have many parallel edges, cutting and folding these icosahedral "globes" is relatively easy. However, please read the generic assembly tips before beginning. Before choosing a map, see the notes on size and resolution. You also might learn something about icosahedral and polyhedral maps in general.

Notice: do not confuse icosahedral maps projected using the Fisher/Snyder and polyhedral gnomonic projections with Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion™ maps - see them compared. You can purchase high-quality Dymaxion maps at the Buckminster Fuller Institute.

Resolution-3 Maps

	Fisher/Snyder's equal-area projection on an icosahedron, AVHRR Pathfinder (original satellite imagery by Dave Pape, (http://resumbrea.com, dead link as of 2012), poles on faces, (1535 KB PDF)
	Fisher/Snyder's equal-area projection on an icosahedron, flat-colored, poles on vertices, (978 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, topography and bathymetry color-coded (original data by NASA's Blue Marble Next Generation project), poles on vertices, (2476 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, flat colors, poles on vertices, (1175 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, black&white, poles on vertices, (732 KB PDF)

High Resolution Maps

	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, flat-colored (75 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, black-and-white (63 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, exaggerated topographic relief; original digital elevation model: USGS's GTOPO30 (510 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, composited topographic relief, digital elevation model by USGS (1939 KB PDF)
	Ditto, color-reduced (762 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on edges, original satellite imagery: NASA's "Blue Marble" (853 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on faces, black and white - paint it yourself (74 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on faces, color-coded topography, original elevation data by USGS's EROS Data Center (201 KB PDF)

Low Resolution Maps

	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, flat-colored (38 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, AVHRR Pathfinder data by Dave Pape, resumbrae.com (171 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, black & white - paint it yourself (33 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on vertices, exaggerated relief - topographic data by the USGS (214 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on edges, flat-shaded (42 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on edges, black & white (36 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on edges, AVHRR Pathfinder data by Dave Pape, resumbrae.com (173 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on edges (160 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on faces (43 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on faces, topographic relief data by the USGS (205 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on faces, AVHRR Pathfinder data by Dave Pape, resumbrae.com (171 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on an icosahedron, poles on faces, black & white (37 KB)

www.progonos.com/furuti    August 28, 2012