Waterman butterfly map projection pdf

The butterfly layout combines legibility and low distortion. The author is aware of attempts by at least one mathematician wray, 1973 to unify all classes of map projections such that the same. All map projections distort the surface in some fashion. Waterman projection geonet, the esri community gis and. Cahills map public domain, part of the butterfly map. The waterman projection show the equator clearly, as well as continental shapes, distances within 10 %, areas within 10 % angular distortions. I is there an r function for transforming map projection to the waterman butterfly. Depending on the purpose of the map, some distortions are. This is the most exciting and beautiful map weve seen in quite a while. Polyhedrons as image surface have the advantage of allowing a continuous image of continents of the earth with low projection distortion.

Waterman butterfly map steve watermans butterfly projectionprojects the globe onto waterman polyhedronw5, which is similar to the archimedean truncated octahedron but with smaller square faces. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. I is there an r function for transforming map projection. Discover the unique items that watermanbutterflymap creates. The arrangement is an unfolding of a globe treated as a truncated octahedron, evoking the butterfly map principle first developed by bernard j. For the second version, in html, i scanned better examples of the same pictures, from alternate prints or articles. It is an octahedral transformation of a globe, reviving the butterfly map principle first developed by bernard j. Waterman first published a map in this arrangement in 1996. Alright, after the authagraph offspring, heres not one, not two, but three projections that were inspired by bernard j. It is a 14sided polyhedral projection addressing both distortion and partitioning of land masses. Googled the map place in seattle but they no longer have them. Review of waterman octahedral world map gene keyes.

Butterfly world map four pieces free 3d print model. Steve watermans butterfly projection projects the globe onto waterman polyhedron w5, which is similar to the archimedean truncated octahedron but with. My favorite map projection is the waterman butterfly projection and its a very cool thing to have in d3. This is a summary of map projections that have articles of their own on wikipedia or that are otherwise notable. Teaching our youth with a mercator or robinson or the winkel tripel projection in the 21st century is a continuing. Warzone is a customizable risklike strategy game where you compete with your friends to conquer the world. On the other hand the real strength of this map is the projection. Whereas cahills approach was that of an architect, waterman derived his design from his work on closepacking of spheres.

Because there is no limit to the number of possible map projections, there can be no comprehensive list. States united states web intelligence stupid people college graduation the washington post cartography scores. He thinks a waterman butterfly projection map of the world would be the coolest thing ever for some reason. This almostequalarea version wall map 1996 is available now at a special price. Can i use arcgis pro to edit points created in survey123 and pushed to portal. Waterman butterfly projection cartogram of the world population 2484x1724 oc background info in comments. His site has posters of his map, plus maybe the worlds only winkel tripelcritiquing poetry. Monarch butterfly migration maps monarch butterfly usa butterfly world map spiral notebook for sale by mark ashkenazi map. Cahill butterfly reproduction, 110 years old this month. All projections of a sphere on a plane necessarily distort the surface in some way and to some extent.

In 1996, steve waterman produced a 69 x 96 cm octahedral world map, resembling b. Cahills original 1909 article introducing butterfly world map. At etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. National geographic switched to this projection in 1988, and used it for ten years, switching to the winkeltripel in 1998 the beatles was a rock band that enjoyed great commercial success in the 1960s, and are widely considered the best. Waterman butterfly projection in mapnik stack exchange. Steve waterman s butterfly projection derived from his work on the polyhedron. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The waterman butterfly world map projection file cut up into four pieces so that a larger map can be made. This unusual and visually beautiful wall was meticulously prepared by the late, selftaught, nuclear physicist, steve waterman of montreal, quebec. Shown above with a 5 graticule and central meridian 20w to minimise land interruptions. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf.

The three map projections, namely, the dimaxion projection, shown in the question, the waterman s butterfly projection and the cahillkeyes projection all use three principles to reduce the distortion required to display a the global sphere onto. I need to use r to plot a world map in the waterman butterfly projection. The waterman butterfly projection was originally designed by steve waterman and is created with the unfloding of a globe shaped as a truncated octahedron. Most were still unsatisfactory, including cahills original butterfly map. Narukawa didnt publish the formulae so no map projection software knows how to render it.

The waterman butterfly world map projection was created by steve waterman and published in 1996. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Watermans projection into truncated octahedron from 1996, which resulted in the butterfly map. Robinson as a map that was supposed to look nice and is often used for classroom maps. Steve waterman s butterfly projection projects the globe onto waterman polyhedron w5, which is similar to the archimedean truncated octahedron but with smaller square faces. Other well known polyhedral projections and maps included buckminster fullers projection and map into icosahedron from 1954 and s. Print out each piece separately they are sized to fit in a rep2 build area. Usually, the four tips which show antarctica get cut off to be assembled in an island below the butterfly.

Waterman butterfly projection poster the map crafter. Image of the world on polyhedral maps and globes in. Each etsy seller helps contribute to a global marketplace of creative goods. Waterman butterfly world map projection 3d printable model, formats include stl, sldprt, sldasm, slddrw, ready for 3d animation and other 3d projects. Openlayers with protovis library would be able to render not exactly the waterman projection but the fuller projection also called. In cartography, a map projection is a way to flatten a globes surface into a plane in order to make a map.

By supporting watermanbutterflymap, youre supporting a small business, and, in turn, etsy. On the wall a framed waterman butterfly projection map. Id like to enter this forum, with links to two illustrated critiques i have written, and expecting feedback. The octahedral butterfly map of the world, by bernard j. Polyhedral projections improve the accurately of mapping the earth on a 2d surface. Waterman polyhedron the lyncean group of san diego. The naked walls round his multiscreen rig cry out for decoratian of some kind. Fullers projection and map into icosahedron from 1954 and s. Esri does not offer a way to use a waterman projection datum because the waterman butterfly is converted from a sphere to a polyhedral conversion and all other projections are dependent on major axis, minor axis, semimajor axis, semiminor axis, and inverse flattening for sphere to ellipsoid conversion technically using the following. Waterman s projection into truncated octahedron from 1996, which resulted in the butterfly map. I was wondering if i could make a zoomable map like we have for mercator. Official seller of the waterman butterfly projection by.

Waterman butterfly projection cartogram of the world. During the 1990s, the mathematician worked on packing spheres and cubic closest packing theory to create a large family of polyhedra. Media in category waterman butterfly projection the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Then, given the conditions for a particular map projection, the particular conformal mapping equations are derived. For those of you on mobile devices go to my etsy store exciting news. When cartographers flatten the earth for a map projection, distortions in terms of shape, distance, direction, or land area creep in. Cahills butterfly map 1909 is using a flattened w5 polyhedron. We present the essential theoretical basis and prove concrete practical formulas to compute the image of a point on the terrestrial sphere under peirce quincuncial projection. None of the mapping packages i am familiar with maps, ggmap, mapproj, leaflet allow this.

This requires a systematic transformation of the latitudes and longitudes of locations from the surface of the globe into locations on a plane. Purchase the beautiful waterman butterfly map,the worlds most accurate map projection, a free bonus map with every map purchase. The waterman butterfly world map is a map arrangement created by steve waterman. The waterman projection show the equator clearly, as. Do we know if point clustering showing a number value will be included in a future beta map viewer release. Waterman butterfly small earth warzone better than. Usually, the four tips which show antarctica get cut off to be assembled in an. Waterman butterfly alternative arrangement map projection. Trump, iowa is one of the smartest states in the union. In a perfect world, each map projection would be judged on its own merit and applied to the job that suits it best. Somehow, it manages to come up with a cartogram which overcomes the weakness of most of the genre. Waterman butterfly world map projection 3d printable model.