Map Projections: Icosahedra

Map Projections

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

Icosahedral Pseudoglobes

Since they have many parallel edges, cutting and folding these icosahedral "globes" is relatively easy. However, please read the generic assembly tips before beginning.

Notice: despite a superficial resemblance to these gnomonic maps projected on an icosahedron, Dymaxion™ maps use more elaborate projections with constrained scale variation.

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)
$Printable version$	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)