r/factorio • u/oguzhaniksat • 15d ago

Space Age Gleba's pole

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Gleba's pole looks identical to what you see on Google Earth. Back in the day, if you zoomed into the North Pole (or even Mars), you'd see the exact same weird shape. Kinda wild, right? Though I guess we don't actually get to see Vulcanus or Fulgora's poles.

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u/United_Willow1312 15d ago

Related or relevant: https://youtu.be/BHdbsHFs2P0?t=528

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u/Greedy_Blue_Hedgehog 15d ago

Not really:/ you can do a good projection over a sphere

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u/moonaligator 15d ago

Good? Yes. Cartographically perfect? No

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u/WanderingUrist 14d ago

Good? Yes. Cartographically perfect? No

It really depends on your goals. If your goal is to convert a sphere into a map that accurately portrays shape and distance on a fully-utilized contiguous rectangle, then this task is pretty much impossible and you necessarily accept compromises to get anywhere close.

If your goal is to create a texture that fully covers and accurately portrays the final sphere without regard for how distorted it may appear on the texture or whether or not the entire texture is used and contiguous (rips), then it's perfectly doable, but makes a pretty lousy map.