[dclaw]

This discussion helped me discover my new favorite map. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peirce_Quincuncial_Projec...

[thih9]

More projections in a friendly pdf: “An Album of Map Projections”[1], the one above is on page 190.

For a more festive example see Berghaus star projection on page 156.

[1]: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1453/report.pdf (1989)

[dclaw]

OK, that's fucking awesome. Thanks

[_steady]

oh wow that's a lot like a maximally extended penrose diagram

[extraduder_ire]

I believe I have seen the same projection used in a mod for quake 3 for dramatically increased POV.