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World 2 · Peeling the Globe · 8 min · PRO

Equal-area and compromise maps

Trading shape for size

PRO · Map Lab

World 2: Peeling the Globe is part of PRO

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  • You cannot flatten a sphere
  • Cylinder, cone, plane
  • Mercator
  • Drag Greenland to the equator
  • The orange-peel theorem
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