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B.J.S CAHILL'S BUTTERFLY MAP AND BEYOND:
A COMPARATIVE GALLERY OF OCTAHEDRAL WORLD MAPS
Compiled by Gene Keyes
Anderson Conformal
Date
Author
This scale
<— Source
<— % change
2002-10-17
Paul Anderson
1/200 M
1/154 M
76.9%

Type

Aspect

Defining
Meridian


Geocells


Original size
Conformal
N. Atlantic
0º *
15º
160 x 260 mm
Remarks:
* Wrong meridian. A Cahill-style map, unlike here, divides at 20º W, so as not to split Africa, Spain, UK, etc.. On this map, no other layouts (N. Pacific or S. Atlantic, etc.) are possible without splitting continents.

Original caption:
Conformal Octahedron; Polyhedral Globe; Platonic Solid;
Source: John Parr Snyder’s Personal Software

Source (print)
Among a large set of pdf-printable maps Anderson put into the public domain.
Source (online: page title & link)
http://www.csiss.org/map-projections/Miscellaneous.html
Source (online: item link)
http://csiss.org/map-projections/Polyhedral_Globes/
Octahedron_Conformal.pdf


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2007-06-05