Editing Dymaxion map (section)

{{Short description|Polyhedral compromise map projection}}
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[[Image:Dymaxion projection.png|thumb|300px|The world on a Dymaxion projection, with 15° graticule]]
[[File:Dymaxion with Tissot's Indicatrices of Distortion.svg|300px|thumb|Dymaxion projection with [[Tissot's indicatrix]] of deformation]]}}
The '''Dymaxion map projection''', also called the '''Fuller projection''', is a kind of [[polyhedral map projection]] of the Earth's surface onto the unfolded [[net (polyhedron)|net]] of an [[icosahedron]]. The resulting map is heavily [[interrupted projection|interrupted]] in order to reduce shape and size distortion compared to other [[world map]]s, but the interruptions are chosen to lie in the ocean.

The projection was invented by [[Buckminster Fuller]]. In 1943, Fuller proposed a projection onto a [[cuboctahedron]], which he called the ''Dymaxion World'', using the name ''[[Dymaxion]]'' which he also applied to several of his other inventions. In 1954, Fuller and cartographer [[Shoji Sadao]] produced an updated Dymaxion map, the '''Airocean World Map''', based on an icosahedron with a few of the triangular faces cut to avoid breaks in landmasses.

The Dymaxion projection is intended for representations of the entire Earth.