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Title: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: goodwoodglobes on February 09, 2019, 06:15:33 PM
I'd like to carve a Flat Earth map into wood, showing the continents and the mountains rising in 3D from a flat disk, following the standard monopole Flat Earth map. There have been Flat Earth maps for a long time, but this would be a Flat Earth alternative to a globe.

Add a comment if you're interested, and I'll create a computer mock-up of how it would look. It'd be a great thing to have to show others the Flat Earth view of the world!

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Azimuthal_equidistant_projection_SW.jpg/600px-Azimuthal_equidistant_projection_SW.jpg)
Image by Daniel R. Strebe CC-BY-SA 3.0
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: stack on February 10, 2019, 11:58:46 PM
I'm more partial to this version as it distorts the southern hemiplane continents less:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Physical_world_map_in_Hellerick_triaxial_boreal_projection_-_shallow.jpg/2560px-Physical_world_map_in_Hellerick_triaxial_boreal_projection_-_shallow.jpg)
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: inquisitive on February 23, 2019, 06:25:27 PM
These are not FE maps, there are no resources to produce them, so we are told.

They are projections of the globe earth.
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: Dual1ty on June 03, 2023, 01:15:16 PM
Quote from: stack on February 10, 2019, 11:58:46 PM
I'm more partial to this version as it distorts the southern hemiplane continents less:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Physical_world_map_in_Hellerick_triaxial_boreal_projection_-_shallow.jpg/2560px-Physical_world_map_in_Hellerick_triaxial_boreal_projection_-_shallow.jpg)

I don't know how you found this, but I actually love it. It's a lot closer to reality than the AE map, that's for sure.
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: Everette Graham on June 04, 2023, 08:34:28 AM
Quote from: stack on February 10, 2019, 11:58:46 PM
I'm more partial to this version as it distorts the southern hemiplane continents less:

Remember, for it to be an accurate representation of reality, you should have a distance scale and the map should have 0 distortion.  ;)
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: Dual1ty on June 04, 2023, 09:01:56 AM
Quote from: Everette Graham on June 04, 2023, 08:34:28 AM
Quote from: stack on February 10, 2019, 11:58:46 PM
I'm more partial to this version as it distorts the southern hemiplane continents less:

Remember, for it to be an accurate representation of reality, you should have a distance scale and the map should have 0 distortion.  ;)

Not really because that one represents a certain degree of accuracy and it's not a map per se, but we're getting there. ;)
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: AATW on June 05, 2023, 07:59:22 AM
Quote from: Dual1ty on June 03, 2023, 01:15:16 PM
I don't know how you found this, but I actually love it. It's a lot closer to reality than the AE map, that's for sure.
The Santiago to Sydney flight path would be a bit of a problem on that map.
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: Realestfake on June 06, 2023, 05:58:15 AM
The globe distorts the shape of the world the least.
Title: Re: Flat Earth alternative to a globe
Post by: bindardundat on June 24, 2023, 03:45:24 PM
Quote from: Realestfake on June 06, 2023, 05:58:15 AM
The globe distorts the shape of the world the least.

If by that you mean a 2D picture of a globe, then I agree. An actual globe gives zero distortion.