Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map

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k
1
2.4
k
2
1.75
k
3
1.
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2.47
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This Demonstration is an attempt to draw Fuller's gnomic Dymaxion map. The Dymaxion map is a projection of the globe onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be flattened in two dimensions. Dymaxion—extracted from the words dynamic, maximum, and tension—was a term that Fuller used often in his work.
Parameters
k
1
,
k
2
, and
k
3
are distances of points 1, 2, and 3 from the North Pole.

External Links

Map Projection (Wolfram MathWorld)
Gnomonic Projection (Wolfram MathWorld)
Polyhedral Maps

Permanent Citation

Izidor Hafner
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​"Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Map"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/BuckminsterFullersDymaxionMap/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: November 16, 2015