Dymaxion Map Project

Fox-Fire

Hello. I've been working on this Dymaxion map for the last day and I thought that before going onward it would be better if I make myself be advised by many of the more wonderful mapmakers of the forum if they are interested. Maybe some people would like to collaborate too as I have seen in the M-BAM map thread and such as when it is finished, I will deliver this map to the forum.

Without more preamble, here is the map where I am at now.
Fuller Map proyect.png
 

Fox-Fire

Less distortion on smaller scale and the possibility of seeing the whole world as connected landmasses instead of clusters. Plus, it has no up or down and can be assembled and disassembled in many ways.
 
fluttersky

fluttersky

Good idea! :)

Dymaxion has three disadvantages: firstly, it needs to have gridlines to let you remember which way North is; secondly, it can be awkward to use for an Earth with altered geography; thirdly, straight lines in places near the corners (e.g. Korea) can be funny.

That being said, in all other respects it's superior to other map types, and it's surprising that a thread like this hasn't been created already.

I'll help with the project, and start on Western Europe (Spain, France, UK, Benelux).

One question before I start: does anyone know of a good map editor with which you can rotate images by any amount you like? MS Paint, which I usually use, only has rotations by multiples of 90 degrees, which isn't very useful when working on a Dymaxion.
 
fluttersky

fluttersky

This isn't much but it's a start:

dymaxion.png


Chris S said:
A dymaxion map (well a few of them actually) was done ages ago, but any improvements would be welcome.
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Thanks for pointing that out.

The problem with both of those maps is that they don't have latitude/longitude lines or the icosahedron net, so it's difficult to tell which way is north, and which edges to connect in your mind.
 
fluttersky

fluttersky

Tangle said:
Found a nicely-sized (read: we could make a quarter-MBAM out of this) resource, started working on the Caspian: http://www.noderunner.net/~llin/gis/blue_marble_fuller.jpg
http://www.noderunner.net/~llin/gis/blue_marble_fuller.jpg
Aaand a smaller version, easier to use: http://www.noderunner.net/~llin/gis/blue_marble_fuller_small.jpg

Both will need to be flipped, vertically and horizontally.

Aral is presented as if it was full.

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may I ask why you removed the country borders that I had added?
 
fluttersky

fluttersky

Tangle said:
The map I'm working on is not a political one. Just splice pseudocaspia in if you want to build the borders there.
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OK, thanks.

Turns out drawing political borders on a Dymaxion is quite difficult, so I might just stick to drawing coastlines.
 

Chris S

fluttersky said:
OK, thanks.

Turns out drawing political borders on a Dymaxion is quite difficult, so I might just stick to drawing coastlines.
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Here's some help:

http://pre07.deviantart.net/e468/th/pre/f/2013/281/e/e/dymaxion_flag_map_by_curtydc-d6plq9i.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fa/f0/fb/faf0fb17f83f7ea535821592f9a4b29c.jpg (this one also has biomes)

http://gizmodo.com/how-buckminster-fullers-dymaxion-map-tessellated-the-w-484584437

http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/worldmapper_basefuller.jpg
 
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