“The Dymaxion Map is the only flat map of the entire surface of the earth that reveals our planet as it really is an island in one ocean without any visible distortion of the relative shapes and sizes of the land areas, and without splitting any continents.” designed by Buckminster Fuller

dymaxion maps

• http://www.geni.org/energy/library/buckminster_fuller/dymaxion_map/dymaxion_projection.html
• in flash > http://www.aether.hu/dymaxion.htm
• animated (un)folding of icosohedral projection >http://www.westnet.com/%7Ecrywalt/unfold.html