Map Projections

Folded with 160 g/m2 paper, 7 cm tall

Pseudoglobes on a Truncated Icosahedron

The truncated icosahedron is easily recognized as the underlying shape of most soccer balls. Carbon atoms in the allotrope C₆₀ ("fullerene") are also organized in truncated icosahedrons, nicknamed buckyballs (also in honor of Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic domes superficially resemble this polyhedron).

Lots of small faces, many nonparallel edges, tiny narrow tabs, all contribute for making this solid rather demanding to assemble (and, the further the build progresses, the harder it gets). It is far more difficult than any other polyhedron presented here, so please read the generic assembly tips.

Resolution-3 Maps

	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, flat colors (2524 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, color-coded with topographic and bathymetric data from The Blue Marble Project (3708 KB PDF)

High Resolution Maps

	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, flat-colored (98 KB PDF)
	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, texture-mapped (899 KB PDF)

Low Resolution Maps

	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, EOSVid data by Dave Pape (resumbrae.com) (168 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, flat gray (41 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, AVHRR Pathfinder data by Dave Pape (resumbrae.com) (175 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, unshaded (paint it yourself) (36 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, textured (161 KB)
	Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on pentagonal faces, flat-colored (41 KB)

www.progonos.com/furuti    May 28, 2012