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A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the disp
Mercator projection (showing between 82°S and 82°N)
Mollweide projection
Polar azimuthal equidistant projection
Robinson projection, formerly used by National Geographic Society
The Waterman "Butterfly" World Map is a map projection created by Steve Waterman. Waterman first published a map in this arrangement in 1996. The arrangement is an unfolding of a polyhedral globe with
Waterman projection centered on Pacific, with Antarctica detached
Waterman sphere cluster W5
Waterman polyhedron w5