• PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can easily do it without distortion. The issue is continuity. You’d have to make cuts and effectively unwraped the globe like you would a 3D sphere. Some countries might literally be cut in half, but it would at least be accurate

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      1 year ago

      There will still be distortion, just less. The more cuts, the less distortion. But you can’t make an unwrapped sphere lay perfectly flat.

      • ferret
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        1 year ago

        Erm, yes you can, just run it through the infinite-cuts device!