1dymaxionmap(6x) XScreenSaver manual dymaxionmap(6x)
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6 dymaxionmap - An animation of Buckminster Fuller's unwrapped icosahe‐
7 dral globe.
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10 dymaxionmap [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
11 [-root] [-delay number] [-speed ratio] [-no-wander] [-no-roll] [-no-
12 stars] [-no-grid] [-flat] [-satellite] [-image file] [-image2 file]
13 [-frames number] [-wireframe] [-fps]
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16 Buckminster Fuller's map of the Earth projected onto the surface of an
17 unfolded icosahedron. It depicts the Earth's continents as one island,
18 or nearly contiguous land masses.
19 This screen saver animates the progression of the dusk terminator
21 across the flattened globe. It includes both satellite and flat-colored
22 map imagery, and can load and convert other Equirectangular-projected
23 maps.
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26 -visual visual
27 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
28 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
29 visual.
30 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
32 -root Draw on the root window.
34 -delay number
36 Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 sec‐
37 onds).
38 -speed ratio
40 Speed of the animation. 0.5 means half as fast, 2 means twice
41 as fast.
42 -wander | -no-wander
44 Whether the object should wander around the screen. Default
45 yes.
46 -roll | -no-roll
48 Whether the object should roll randomly. Default yes.
49 -stars | -no-stars
51 Whether to display a star field. Default yes.
52 -grid | -no-grid
54 Whether to overlay a latitude/longitude grid over the map. De‐
55 fault yes.
56 -flat Display a flat-colored map of the Earth. This is the default.
58 -satellite
60 Display a day-time satellite map of the Earth.
61 -image file
63 An image to use for the day-time map.
64 -image2 file
66 An image to use for the night-time map. The two images can be
67 the same: the night-time one will be darkened.
68 -frames number
70 The number of frames in the day/night animation. Default 720.
71 Larger numbers are smoother, but use more memory. The
72 day/night animation happens if image2 is set, or if frames is
73 greater than 1.
74 -wireframe | -no-wireframe
76 Render in wireframe instead of solid.
77 -fps | -no-fps
79 Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of
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83 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
84 XENVIRONMENT
86 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
87 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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90 X(1), xscreensaver(1) glplanet(6x)
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93 Copyright © 2016-2018 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, mod‐
94 ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
95 purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copy‐
96 right notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
97 and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No rep‐
98 resentations are made about the suitability of this software for any
99 purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
100 "Dymaxion Map" and "The Fuller Projection Map" are trademarks of The
102 Buckminster Fuller Institute.
103 The original Dymaxion Map image is copyright © 1982 by The Buckminster
105 Fuller Institute. (This program does not use their imagery, only simi‐
106 lar trigonometry.)
107 The Dymaxion Map was covered by now-expired US Patent 2,393,676
109 (Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1946).
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112 Jamie Zawinski.
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