Arcs on Spheres and Snakes on Planes

Year: 2024 Authors: David Swart

Core claim

Adding arc drawing to the turtle skeleton method produces piecewise projections that combine equirectangular, azimuthal equidistant, and equidistant conic mappings.

Topics

map projection, turtle language, artistic exploration, sphere to plane mapping, Voronoi regions

Domains

geometry, cartography, projection theory, Voronoi diagrams, generative art, map art, visual design, printmaking

Methods

turtle commands, equidistant conic projection, Voronoi mapping, Repulsive Curves approximation

Media

JavaScript, web browser, world maps, panoramas, woodcut print

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