Le Paper Globe: a do-it-yourself terrestrial globe (joachimesque.com) 41 points by drewda 11y ago ↗ HN
[–] nekgrim 11y ago ↗ EN link also available: http://joachimesque.com/globe/index.html.en [–] oneeyedpigeon 11y ago ↗ Site read my Accept-Language heading perfectly.
[–] Eleutheria 11y ago ↗ Oh, beautiful!Can it be done with hexagons and pentagons like a soccer ball? It may get more rounded, but probably harder to assemble. [–] Luc 11y ago ↗ It works rather well with triangles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_map [–] Someone 11y ago ↗ Of course.For dramatic effect, consider a pop up shape such as http://numberloving.com/tag/dodecahedron/ (easy to make) or http://www.mathmos.net/misc/popup-icosahedron.html (tricky to make it pop up reliably) [–] dubya 11y ago ↗ I keep hoping someone will use Jason Davies' D3 map stuff to project a globe on a polyhedron and then split it over multiple pages so you can make larger globes, and add tabs for gluing. See http://www.jasondavies.com/maps/airocean/
[–] Someone 11y ago ↗ Of course.For dramatic effect, consider a pop up shape such as http://numberloving.com/tag/dodecahedron/ (easy to make) or http://www.mathmos.net/misc/popup-icosahedron.html (tricky to make it pop up reliably)
[–] dubya 11y ago ↗ I keep hoping someone will use Jason Davies' D3 map stuff to project a globe on a polyhedron and then split it over multiple pages so you can make larger globes, and add tabs for gluing. See http://www.jasondavies.com/maps/airocean/
[–] bengali3 11y ago ↗ very cool ! what are some of your ideas on customization?your ancestry/family tree overlayed?travel logs?historic airline route maps?Early explorer journeys?WW2 troop/invasions?starmaps?
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 27.4 ms ] threadCan it be done with hexagons and pentagons like a soccer ball? It may get more rounded, but probably harder to assemble.
For dramatic effect, consider a pop up shape such as http://numberloving.com/tag/dodecahedron/ (easy to make) or http://www.mathmos.net/misc/popup-icosahedron.html (tricky to make it pop up reliably)
your ancestry/family tree overlayed?
travel logs?
historic airline route maps?
Early explorer journeys?
WW2 troop/invasions?
starmaps?