xkcd's "Map Projections", animated

I like the lion-faced Antarctica fish swimming through the Dymaxion projection.
The weird 3D-ish effect with Antarctica and Greenland in the Van der Grinten projection is perspective-bending, too.
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Randall Munroe - xkcd - Map Projections
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0:00 Introduction
0:04 Mercator
0:28 Van der Grinten
0:53 Robinson
1:19 Dymaxion
1:54 Winkel-Tripel
2:17 Goode Homolosine
2:40 Hobo-Dyer
3:03 Plate Carrée
3:20 Globe
3:41 Waterman Butterfly
4:07 Peirce Quincuncial
4:34 Gall-Peters
4:54 Credits

[@xymaryai8283]

I immensely appreciate how you move the centerpoint of the map around so we can actually see how it warps stuff, instead of having to infer it from the lat-long lines. Gall-Peters is the best ma- ahahahah just kidding, W-T is pretty nice imo

[@_Xypes_]

Second W-T

[@boggisthecat]

Gall-Peters is an equal area projection. It’s useful if you want to compare e.g. Europe to Africa or China to the USA. Other 2d projections obscure the area to some extent, of necessity.

[@d007ization]

Gall-Peters is for losers like me who realized that there'd never be a perfect world and concluded that maximizing chaos was the right answer. I love it.

[@J_Stronsky]

Maximising chaos and putting the Europeans in their place.* :P

[@nuh_uh210]

@@J_Stronskysecond place, behind North America. God bless imperialism.

[@tsartomato]

Gall peters upside down Screw imperalists

[@WindowsXP_logon_sound_23yrsago]

"maximizing chaos".... Yes. ..... I love it.. yessss ...

[@frandurrieu6477]

Funny​@@tsartomato

[@Hankathan]

I've never had a favorite map projection. I have a comfortable pair of running shoes that I wear everywhere. I like coffee and enjoy The Beatles. I have a new favorite map projection.

[@fernfaba]

I want to avoid colonialist maps and have pronouns so I find my favorite too

[@soyitiel]

Same here: comfortable shoes, love the Beatles, can't live without my coffee. but I think the globe is my favourite representation, I mean how simpler can it be?

[@sg5sd]

I've never had a favorite map projection. I like flattening 3D surfaces like a peel, which is easy enough for me. I like easy solutions. I think we wouldn't have so many problems if we let normal people to the Congress instead of politicians. I change my car's oil, but secretly wonder if I need to. Now I have a favorite map projection.

[@BrakeCoach]

1:31 New Zealand here looks like a salmon leaping over the edges of the map

[@christinae30]

Now I saw it, very cute!

[@LaughingOrange]

Dymaxion has so little distortion. Most maps look really weird when rotated "the wrong way", but that one keeps it's look pretty well.

[@mothgirl326]

Problem is its super hard to imagine how it turns into a globe compared to the other polyhedral projections

[@cara-setun]

Except it’s very difficult to actually use it as a global map, such as charting Magellan’s travels, or any multi-continent shipping routes

[@rnrteg]

@@cara-setun unlike dvorak which is a very comfy keyboard layout and even better for typing with your thumbs on your phone. Dvorak users have time to gain competency in origami with all the time they save typing, which they use to visualize how to fold the dymaxion projection into a sphere.

[@wiegraf9009]

@@cara-setunIf you use a digital version of it it's not so bad but I guess you could just use a globe in that case!

[@dominicpancella3012]

It does, I just wish it were symmetrical.

[@chaboii]

As an equirectangular projection enjoyer, I resent that anyone would think I don't want to keep talking about map projections.

[@jackolson9845]

As an equirectangular projection enjoyer too, I’m tired of maps trying to solve an impossible problem and like the simplest solution. Heh just kidding, I can’t not appreciate the creativity put into these (and not just because you can’t fold a globe).

[@followthelucario4388]

As an equirectangular projection enjoyer, I enjoy not needing a computer program to draw my maps 😔

[@frafraplanner9277]

Same@@followthelucario4388

[@eingrobernerzustand3741]

They think you dislike talking about map projection, they don't realize you favour equirectangular for the ease of reprojection into other projections.

[@Currywurst-zo8oo]

It's easily in my top 5. The 2:1 ratio and being equidistant vertically make it actually very intuitive for imagining the globe.

[@mechakitsune]

What a labor of love. Great job on the animation, mate!

[@dataplayground839]

Thanks!

[@janmamu8721]

@@dataplayground839 i like fish

[@ropi314]

@@janmamu8721 me too

[@CentrallntelligenceAgency]

​@@janmamu8721I hate fish

[@janmamu8721]

@@CentrallntelligenceAgency i changed my mind, lemons are my new best friend

[@kimjongmill4445]

I think the Mercator gets a bad wrap just because it's so common. As someone who actually uses maps to navigate what they depict. The constant bearings of the Mercator projection are a godsend. It's best suited map to follow the actual original utility of a map. To navigate. A Mercator projection in combination with a globe pretty much encompasses anything I'd need a map to do. Even without a globe one can always calculate the great circle arc on a Mercator.

[@gormauslander]

Why not just use a globe

[@kimjongmill4445]

@@gormauslander try plotting routes with straight lines on a globe. Certainly achievable with the right tools, but far easier to do on flat map on a table with a ruler and protractor. Also the globe is constrained to depict only the entire earth whereas I might only want to view a certain portion of it in finer detail. It's quite simple to cut a piece out of a flat Mercator projection then scale it appropriately. Than to have a scaled portion of a globe. How the hell would you mount the thing? Even in a digital format it's far easier to plot points on a flat projection than to navigate a 3 dimensional one. It also takes far less computing power. And relying solely on a globe becomes impractical when your main mode of navigation relies on bearings between two or more objects over a great distance.

[@kimjongmill4445]

@@gormauslander globes are however useful for accurate and easy measurements of area and distance. They become much more practical in high latitude navigation. And they are great for plotting the shortest route between two objects over a great distance, especially in higher latitudes. But of course nowadays most chart plotting software already have built in calculations to solve for the great circle arc without the need for a globe.

[@HansBezemer]

@@kimjongmill4445 "Try plotting routes with straight lines on a globe". Use a string. Pull it tight. Done.

[@kimjongmill4445]

@@HansBezemer yes I'm well aware of the string method. But plotting a straight route is much more than just running a straight line on a map. A straight line with no described direction means nothing to the navigator. Try to measure the bearing between the points of the string. Not only will it be inconvenient to measure, but you will notice that the route you plotted with your string likely does not preserve a constant bearing hence you'll have to plot several points on the string and measure each of their respective bearings. Another issue arises when trying to triangulate your position based on bearings between several objects on a globe in a timely manner. The string will not yield an accurate result by itself. Yes it can be done with the right tools and a little math, but why go through the hassle when you have a projection that was purpose built for it?

[@TommyLikeTom]

The shoes with toes gag is clever because they fit your feet perfectly but they look awkward

[@IcarusRuthven]

I'm going to admit to really liking the Peirce-Quincuncial. I'm aware that waiting for the P-Q to come up because I haven't forgotten about it after all this time, and that feeling the need to go back to reread the caption, see the initial projection before the animation, and *then* over-explain all of this, means Randall was right about me.

[@Anthony_Stuart]

Hi, I have a skeleton inside me :D

[@narfharder]

_Looks at hands_ _Looks at navel_ "But... _why_ should P-Q be my favorite?" (It's because you were incepted)

[@alex.g7317]

@@Anthony_Stuartgey

[@adsilcott]

Team P-Q Represent! I love the different perspective it gives on our familiar planet (while also reducing landmass size distortion) -- It makes you think about how arbitrary the usual representations are.

[@msndrstdmstrmnd]

I really love peirce quincuncial and authagraph projections because they tessellate the plane!! The caption was definitely accurate for me

[@meliponalord8892]

Not all that into cartography, actually, but this inspired me to look up the Waterson Butterfly, and, having seen it, I now love it, mostly from a mathematical perspective.

[@joet3935]

Same thing happened to me when I ran into the xkcd comic. I have it downloaded on my phone so I can show it to people who try to make small talk when I want to be left alone.

[@TheCrystalJules]

for years I've had a set of them, one centered on the pacific and one centered on the atlantic, saved to a wishlist and someday I'll buy them and put them up in my home.... someday.....

[@frandurrieu6477]

​@@joet3935Interesting approach, I just say whatever weird shit is on my mind, that or the most gory horrifying historical factoid I can remember at the moment

[@melody_florum]

Good lord those captions, Randall was out for *blood*

[@tgypoi]

I normally just scroll past videos based on xkcd, because they're usually just making a low effort video based on Randall's work. This is the opposite of that, i really appreciate this. I'm just sad i didn't see it for two years.

[@herghamoo3242]

For world maps, my favorite probably is Lambert's equal area azimuthal projecrion, if you only map one hemisphere at a time. It strikes a balance between mathematical beauty in its construction and actual usability. Tobler's hyperelliptic is also nice. Anyway, there's no way around the fact that Mercator is a supremely useful projection and the only sensible choice when you want to map a small area, since it's the unique projection that looks right everywhere at all zoom levels. That also makes it perfect for interactive maps like Google Maps or OSM.

[@froo5667]

After looking up Lambert's equal area azimuthal projection, I can confirm that Lambert's equal area azimuthal projection is my favorite projection

[@thetheatreorgan168]

There should be a website like this where you can move the centerpoint

[@dataplayground839]

If someone wants to try making this, look into the d3-geo world map on observablehq as a starting point.

[@priangsunath3951]

Jason Davies already made a really good one that goes into many other projections that weren't mentioned in the video. I'll reply with the link if youtube lets me, if not you can just look up "Jason Davies map projections"

[@qwaabza]

i already commented on this, but i think yt might've removed it :( it's the self titled website of Jason Davies(you can just google the name) :)

[@TheAgamemnon911]

There is. I remember playing with it for several hours. No, I don't remember what it was called -.-

[@qwaabza]

can anyone see my comments, i think they're getting sucked into a black hole

[@pppfan103]

This video really sold me on the fact that the Waterman Butterfly is the best one.

[@xislomega242]

I actually like the lack of narration. My mind's voice when reading this text was a skinny Bristolian man about 34 years old who I imagine had a tall rectangular face. In other words it was fun.

[@bgiv2010]

Perfectly sourced and cited. Randall Munroe would be proud

[@novelyst]

How ironic, then, that Randall was incorrect about the Cahill map.

[@mothgirl326]

Why people think I like the Waterman Butterfly: Mathamatically nice, not too controversial, preserves the shape of the continents, easy to imagine as a polyhedral projection, deeply understands map projections Why I really like the Waterman Butterfly: Woah pretty butterfly :D

[@angeldude101]

Bold of you to assume one can't love it for both reasons simultaneously.

[@danielgolem4251]

Hot take: Mercator gets a bad rap. Most people say something along the lines of "when the Mercator projection was first invented it was used by sailors for navigation, but it's less useful for how we use it today." However, most of the time we use maps today we use them for navigation. Imagine how terrible it would be to use google maps and see what looks like a right angled turn on your gps but you're actually turning at a different angle. Then imagine that difference in angle changing depending on where you are in the world. So Mercator is my favorite map projection, even though I know its flaws.

[@theredstormer8078]

The animations really help you grasp where they're most distorted. I do wish there was a version with the equator and maybe some other reference lines drawn in.

[@inanimateinsanecandle]

this is the first video i have ever seen about maps. why are these all so specific? why do they all attempt to lunge at my brain and connect with me in some way? waterman butterfly is pretty nice tho; i like how i can imagine it wrapping itself into a circle.

[@korumann]

I imagine you're not particulary familiar with Randall Munroe (XKCD author) either then.

[@MS-qx9uw]

It wraps into a truncated octahedron, which isn’t really a circle but is kinda-sorta better than a cylinder

[@MatildaHinanawi]

A+ for the animations! I used to prefer Dymaxion, but the Waterman is so well laid out, and performs similarly, that it has become my preference.

[@elibaumann9718]

My favorite is the Waterman Butterfly because it solves the issue of Antartica being really distorted in the most elegant way.

[@Mighty_Atheismo]

What really gets me is I actually do have a pair of shoes i wear everywhere and do love coffee. Really excellent job putting this together. More than a repost, youve done a lovely job in adding a lot of information and interest through these animations. Great work! I really enjoyed this

[@mk_rexx]

I don't particularly like coffee and the Beatles but he is eerily accurate with the shoes

[@px6883]

You're not alone, I was just gonna say the same thing

[@k_otey]

running shoes are so good, people should wear them everywhere.

[@Mighty_Atheismo]

Maybe you just havent had decent beans and would best like a less loved era of the beatles... just sayin

[@fastest-hotdog-shooter]

@@Mighty_AtheismoKenyan coffee and Love me do? Don’t mind if I do!

[@Mighty_Atheismo]

@@fastest-hotdog-shooter sumatran and the solo projects even ringo's? Maybe!

[@ZKtheMAN]

I seem to remember a project to map the entire Earth in Minecraft, that used a projection a lot like Dymaxion because it had the least warping.

[@TheNewGreenIsBlue]

Wow! I'm adding this to my list of favorite YT videos. Thank-you so much for this. I was skeptical at first to think of what animating the map would mean... but wow, this is essential watching for anyone who's a fan of map projections.

[@carimeslockdownedtree2654]

The Dymaxion is pretty nice, but it's still a Goode Homolosine for me. Didnt know i had a favorite map type until- actually no, i do think it's been my favorite since i first heard about it. Like the dymaxion, it's got very small amounts of warping. That's enough to warrant a high place in my rankings. Although i suppose the dymaxion's got less warping, although that one's got wiggling... Ehhh too complicated a shape, either way. Edit: kinda wish you'd included an Australian-based world map as a bit of a joke. Just. An upsidedown map. Since that's apparently how they do it (i know that's most likely a joke but shhh let's pretend for a second)

[@mothgirl326]

I don't like the Goode Homolosine for purely emotional and aesthetic reasons. First of all just look at it I hate the wierd bulges and stuff. Second of all it's an ugly name as well, I don't want to say homosexual slime that sounds homophobic

[@aBucketOfPuppies]

It took me until reading this comment to realize that it was "Goode" and not Google". It's also my favorite

[@TheRealFallingFist]

​@@aBucketOfPuppiesshit, same here, never would've realized unless I'd read your reply

[@-rizen]

@@TheRealFallingFisti also thought it was google for a moment

[@noogai2237]

I think I read on wikipedia that there actually is an upside down hobo dyers map drawn by the Wizard of New Zealand

[@dymaxion3988]

The original comic was the first place I saw the word “dymaxion”, but I only decided to use it for a username after reading a lot about Buckminster Fuller. I love the dymaxion map for diagrams of prehistoric human migration, but for other purposes I generally like equirectangular. Globes are my true number one though, I can’t deny the joy of viewing spinning 3D models.

[@annominous826]

My favorite map is that contoured globe they had in science class, with mountains and oceans molded in realistic height and depth. Man, that one was so cool.

[@LilyTheSmol]

Yes, you're very clever.

[@shottytheshotgun]

The animation really helps comparing the distortions between maps. New respect for dymaxion map!

[@DeepDishDepression]

Very good animations, I hate how accurate xkcd is on describing me with the goode homolosine as my favorite though While the shape is unsatisfactory, the actual map has remarkably little distortion, with it being very easy to understand where the seams connect, unlike the monstrosities necessary to have even less distortion

[@herzogsbuick]

2 years on, and so little has changed. we still put our maps on one leg at a time. i dunno why youtube decided to show me this now, but i greatly appreciate it. they're also missing a couple of decimal points in your subscriber count i see. subscribed.

[@Brambrew]

1:55 Shoutout to the Kavrayskiy Projection. I would complain that it doesn't make an appearance, but it also looks uncannily like the Robinson Projection. On first glance they appear virtually identical.

[@DaAsianJuan]

Robinson is the best map projection

[@altaic9202]

*equal earth

[@RandomGamer-]

my favorite one is the Goode's Homolosine one.

[@keckingrabbit354]

As a shameless aesthetic-over-functionality guy I love the butterfly map

[@wiegraf9009]

It's actually quite functional though...

[@santanuroy3329]

That was an absolute masterpiece! Subbed. Also, i have liked the waterman-butterfly since a very very long time lol. Fun to see atleast another soul mentioning it!

[@diht]

It is scientifically derivable that all Vision Pro users immediately gain a liking towards the dymaxion.

[@renneverbright]

As an Australian, my only concern when looking for a map is that Greenland is put in its goddamn place

[@purplepinkclouds8882]

Robinson is my favorite map, and yes - bizarrely - all of those descriptions are correct.

[@ObiwanNekody]

This is awesome, thank you for sharing it.

[@skoosharama]

Strebe's dymaxion-like conformal projection is the one for me. I don't wear shoes with individual toes ... but I have considered it.

[@JustAnAverageOrange]

this is my favorite video for now

[@aarontaylor4176]

I really enjoyed watching South America and Australia doing cartwheels at the top and bottom, respectively, of the dymaxion projection

[@mil87_]

S TIER: Globe A TIER: Dymaxion, Equirectangular (Plate Carrée), Robinson, Winkel-Tripel B TIER: Van Der Grinten, Waterman Butterfly C TIER: Hobo Dyer, Gall-Peters D TIER: Goode Homolosine, Pierce Quincuncial

[@LeLe-pm2pr]

sacrificing shape for a more accurate representation of the area isn't that bad yknow

[@mil87_]

@@LeLe-pm2pr I did put Dymaxion at the top of A Tier, but you have a good point. there's contexts in which both approaches can be more useful. the Waterman Butterfly for example, probably wouldn't work as a great image on a poster or children's textbook, but could definitely be very useful in applications in which practicality trumps aesthetics. (See: BTE in Minecraft.) I do think I judged The Butterfly slightly too harshly though; I moved it up to B Tier.

[@sonofmenoetius]

@@LeLe-pm2pr no it isnt... if there was sth worse than d i'd put gall peters there.

[@angeldude101]

​@@mil87_"useful in applications where practically trumps aesthetics" Phrases I never thought would ever be said about a _butterfly._

[@Joe_Yacketori]

@@LeLe-pm2pr Which is why the Lambert projection is pretty good in my book. But the Hobo-Dyer and Gall-Peters are both worse versions of that, especially Gall-Peters.

[@mrcat1043]

as a pierce quincunical enjoyer, I can’t believe how accurate that was

[@federicoreina7732]

Best video i've seen in months

[@dragonluvver975]

Hey this is awesome! Had no idea how many maps there were

[@brusstoc]

You are the kind of guy that will find a way to OTA update my offline analog copy of your book(s) and animate their illustrations. I recheck all the pages every few years.

[@tomkandy]

I can only imagine how much work making all of these animations was. Huge respect.

[@Sheepy765.]

my favorite map is the globe, but if i don’t have my trusty globe handy then i don’t care what map i use as long as it isn’t the map we don’t talk about.

[@parkerprice6787]

i've never seen transformations of Dymaxion before. beautiful!

[@KOTYAR0]

This is very wholesome

[@Neequse]

my favourite one doesnt have a name lol. its 2 azimuth maps split at the equator, so you get 2 perfect circles reprsenting the north and south hemispheres. you could do the same with west and east hemispheres tho

[@tiltil9442]

I don't know if my favourite has a name either: "parallel canoes" touching each other at the equator.

[@Tevildo]

That's the Vanderbei projection, incidentally.

[@Neequse]

@@Tevildo oh, wow, thanks!

[@neopalm2050]

I think the mercator projection is underappreciated. It's not _just_ the standard map. It's a _conformal_ map. The only one with north = up, in fact. It preserves angles and compass directions. It's famous for not being able to accurately show scale, but that's a property of all conformal maps of the globe (that aren't themselves globes, anyway). As for why conformal maps are so nice, it's because when you zoom in on such a map, you don't get weird aspect ratios. If you zoom in on a conformal map to a small scale, you just get the map you expect if you assumed the land was flat (which, at small scales, it is). A non-conformal map would give you a different aspect ratio somewhere. Anyway, I'd say that the mercator projection is the standard map for very good reasons. If only considering other choices, my next favourites would also be conformal maps (e.g. the stereographic projection). I guess if I couldn't pick a conformal map, I'd pick one that just directly maps latitudes and longitudes to horizontal and vertical coordinates or something, just because of how easily you can describe the projection from the map's (u,v) coordinates to a set of physical (x,y,z) coordinates.

[@Th3-WhOwOl3y-TrEeNiT3a]

Rorschach has been real quite since this dropped.😁

[@steveschunk5702]

@the8333, the likes have been quite real since this was edited.

[@AlphaetusPrime]

Congrats on getting picked up by the algorithm

[@Kedai610]

I remember feeling shocked at how well Randall described me first time I saw this comic. Robinson is my favorite projection, and I like the Beatles, drink coffee, and (at the time) had a comfortable pair of running shoes I wore everywhere. He definitely got me good.

[@maxblank7222]

In the most genuine and loving way, there should be a link to this in the wikipedia page for autism

[@wolfelkan8183]

For any Goode Homolosine fans out there, yes, you do really need to. I lost a car to an engine freeze. It's the only way to total a car without being involved in a collision.

This is excellent

[@tfairfield42]

I need more chaotic projections, I dont want people to be able to point themselves out on my map. Maybe like equirectangular but x=x*(some function of altitude). Y can be projected based on average temperature of a region.

[@WizardClipAudio]

Well you nailed me on both accounts, for liking dually Robinson and Dymaxion variants. ❤

[@jeffmallison7876]

Thank you for giving me a question to ask people to reinforce their suspicion that I’m a dork.

[@Austin_Martin49]

I watched this while waiting for glue to dry, it was well worth it

[@Felipemelazzi]

That was relaxing

[@norielgames4765]

The Robinson is hands down the best projection.

[@bingusbongus9807]

i like the globe and the robbinson and the ones that look like robbinson, i like all the ones that are like flatened spheres like orange or triangles or such, i like when maps have countries be the right size and shape at the cost of position,

[@tobamaree]

I'm studying for a geography exam and i'm really enjoying it. This will also be my first exam in university and seeing this video made me laugh and feel part of a fandom

[@Cappy-Bara]

I can't beleive I took an entire GIS class to be prepared to watch this video

[@osrevad]

Thank you for the tasteful ragtime accompaniment

[@lukacsbreslin9578]

I choose my maps based on what they conserve, like area, distance, shape, or whatever might be needed from that map. I also don’t generally use a world map when not doing broad comparisons, and just use 2 local maps drawn to the same scale

[@leninvasco]

Thank you

[@pandurendradjaja8994]

Wonderful! If you ever want to do it, I'd love to see Authagraph done the same way. It's similar to Dymaxion, but rectangular -- its triangles are much more convoluted!

[@noahnaugler7611]

This is perfect

[@renard6012]

I like the equirectangular because you can draw a fictional fantasy map by hand and turn it into a sphere.

[@medaknight4]

I appreciate that most of the projections end up with Antarctica in the middle, as it should be

[@hiltonian_1260]

The P-Q map caption makes me think of that line from Repo Man: “You do a lot of acid in the 60s, Miller?”

[@OlliWilkman]

Big fan of Antarctica just bobbing along like a fish in the second rotation of the Dymaxion.

[@Mewtube-47]

Rotating the center point made me feel lied to

[@thomasr1051]

I really like this video

[@azebramoomoo2727]

I like robinson and the description was spot on wtf

[@andrewchapman2039]

Dymaxion is really useful if you're looking to plot a path of something and distances are important to you. A globe would be better sure, but it's hard to get my printer to do convex shapes.

[@DonSMDT]

I love how Dymaxion makes antarctica wiggle like that

[@palmberry5576]

Honestly, 2d projected globe is my favorite. It’s easy to visualize the areas in your brain because its just a sphere

[@shebadoge]

Dymaxion is cool because you can print it out can fold it into funky globe

[@cicalinarrot]

"wow, this looks pretty solid and accurate" Then rotation starts and it totally looks like a lava lamp.

[@kirbyurner]

The Dymaxion sliced that particular way only makes sense when the sinuses don't penetrate the landmasses (near the beginning) -- that's what took so long to find, projection algorithm aside.

[@lj823]

Maps are great. Could watch all day. Does anyone else think about how these projections would make other objects look?

[@russianbear0027]

Yes. I wanna say I had a book that had examples 25 years ago

[@trilobite3120]

I think I'm partial to the Robinson. It's essentially the solution I'd come up with for turning a spherical object flat, and the distortion is only minor, and basically what you'd expect from what is essentially an orange with no flesh and a cut down the middle.

[@sage5296]

can't wait for the followup on favorite map projections but all of them are the XKCD's "bad map projection"s

[@WindowsXP_logon_sound_23yrsago]

I gotta say, that globe one looks pretty cool

[@BytebroUK]

Bravo!

[@mastercrash0683]

Now i just have to decide which of these to paste onto a cube to make the perfect globe

[@Norsilca]

Man I forgot how good this comic was

[@purplepedantry]

It's a tie between Hobo-Dyer and Plate Carrée. They're both generally accurate but also very framable. Not to mention the ease of transition fron Mercator.

[@matthewiskra771]

You should add to the globe: "You really clever! No, fit it in your car door or glove box. Go on..."

[@mangle9143]

I'm partial to interrupted sinusoidal maps. I'm having trouble finding my personal favorite, but I'll keep looking for it.

[@G-Cole-01]

Personally, my favorite map projections are Robinson and Equirectangular.