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  2. Dymaxion map - Wikipedia

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    Dymaxion map. 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 of an icosahedron. The resulting map is heavily interrupted in order to reduce shape and size distortion compared to other world maps, but the interruptions are chosen to lie in the ocean.

  3. Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The roughly spherical shape of Earth can be empirically evidenced by many different types of observation, ranging from ground level, flight, or orbit. The spherical shape causes a number of effects and phenomena that combined disprove flat Earth beliefs. These include the visibility of distant objects on Earth's surface; lunar eclipses ...

  4. South-up map orientation - Wikipedia

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    The Blue Marble photograph in its original orientation [1] South-up map orientation is the orientation of a map with south up, at the top of the map, amounting to a 180-degree rotation of the map from the standard convention of north-up. Maps in this orientation are sometimes called upside down maps or reversed maps. [citation needed]

  5. William Carpenter (flat-Earth theorist) - Wikipedia

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    William Carpenter. William Carpenter (25 February 1830 – 1 September 1896) was an English printer and author, and a proponent of the flat Earth hypothesis, active in England and the United States in the nineteenth century. [1] Carpenter immigrated to the United States and continued his advocacy of the Flat Earth movement.

  6. Google Earth - Wikipedia

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    Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering ...

  7. Spherical Earth - Wikipedia

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    Spherical Earth. Spherical Earth or Earth's curvature refers to the approximation of the figure of the Earth to a sphere. The concept of a spherical Earth gradually displaced earlier beliefs in a flat Earth during classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. The figure of the Earth is more accurately described as an ellipsoid, which was realized in ...

  8. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Flat-Earth Map by ...

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    Reason. High-quality image of an extremely rare map of high historical value. (Two known copies exist, this one given to the Library of Congress, and another one lacking the footnotes in some museum). This image is based on File:Orlando-Ferguson-flat-earth-map.jpg, which Fallschirmjäger restored using various magic tricks.

  9. Marble (software) - Wikipedia

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    Website. marble.kde.org. Marble is a virtual globe application which allows the user to choose among the Earth, the Moon, Venus, Mars and other planets to display as a 3-D model. It is free software under the terms of the GNU LGPL, developed by KDE for use on personal computers and smart phones. [2] It is written in C++ and uses Qt.