Dymaxion World Map-unfolded
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The Dymaxion map of the Earth is a projection of a global map onto the surface of a polyhedron, which can then be unfolded to a net in many different ways and flattened to form a two-dimensional map which retains most of the relative proportional integrity of the globe map. Description taken from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_projection
Description of Unique Features:
The Dymaxion map has no 'right way up'. Fuller frequently argued that in the universe there is no 'up' and 'down', or 'north' and 'south': only 'in' and 'out'. Gravitational forces of the stars and planets created 'in', meaning 'towards the gravitational center', and 'out', meaning 'away fom the gravitational center'. The north-up-superior/south-down-inferior presentation of most other world maps is linked to cultural bias. Description taken from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_projection

