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[โ€“] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

If stretching is ok, then why not go all the way.

If you dislike stretching, you can always cut instead. That's why we also have a series of octahedral butterfly maps.

If that's not polyhedral enough, you could try the Dymaxion projection instead.

[โ€“] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

Thanks, I hate you.