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Photograph of assembled globe
Folded with 170 g/m2 paper, 78mm tall

Rhombicuboctahedral "Globes"

Technically, this is a "small" rhombicuboctahedron (yes, there's another solid called the great rhombicuboctahedron). It is relatively large and easy to build.

Please read the assembly tips. You may find easier first closing the long horizontal strip of squares (the equatorial band in the square-poled version), then assembling the top half. Finish with the face with no tabs.


High Resolution Maps

flat-color map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite triangular faces, flat-colored (112 KB)
color coded map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite triangular faces, color-coded by altitude. Original digital topographic data: GTOPO30 by the USGS (EROS Data Center). (189 KB)
flat-color map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite triangular faces. Original satellite imagery: AVHRR Pathfinder, by Dave Pape (resumbrae.com). (1561 KB)
flat-color map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite square faces (85 KB)

Low Resolution Maps

flat-color map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite square faces, flat-colored (38 KB)
textured map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite square faces, textured (186 KB)
relief map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite square faces, topographic relief by the USGS (248 KB)
unshaded map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite square faces, unshaded (27 KB)
flat-color, relief map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite square faces, simple color, topographic relief (experimental, 110 KB)
unshaded map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite triangular faces, flat-colored (47 KB)
textured map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite triangular faces, textured (192 KB)
relief map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite triangular faces, topographic relief (251 KB)
unshaded map Gnomonic projection on a rhombicuboctahedron, poles centered on opposite triangular faces, unshaded (40 KB)

HomeSite MapMap Fold-outs  www.progonos.com/furuti    July 10, 2006
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