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[Matt.Wilkie]

> Might I suggest that instead of a globe,
> we use a global projection of the Earth.
> 
> some possibilities
>  o Siusoidal
>  o Mollweide
>  o Robinson
>  o Eckert
>  o Goode Homolosine
>  o McBryde-Thomas
>  o Boggs
> 
> The proj library documentation has good drawings
> of these and others

Personally I really like Buckminster Fuller's icosahedron "dymaxion" 
projection which breaks up the map in the oceans rather than in land 
masses and preserves both shape and area better than most other 
projections: http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/dymax.html

Unfortunately it's trademarked and can't be used without permission
(and payment to) the BF Institute (bfi.org). However Robert W. Gray 
did release some code which uses the same principles, using different 
algorithms, to produce Fuller's projection:
http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/rbfnotes/maps/graymap1.html

As I understand it, the trademark applies to the orientation and
placement of the icosahedra not the use of them. So if the globe were
"unpeeled" differently it would be okay to use it.

My 2 cents.

-matt
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Matt Wilkie * GIS Technician * Yukon Renewable Resources GIS
http://renres.gov.yk.ca/pubs/rrgis/