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You inspired me to submit one of my 2022 projects

https://observablehq.com/@jrus/spheredisksample

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44963521

to fit the trend of the day. People may also enjoy

https://observablehq.com/@jrus/sphere-resample

In my early teens I used to try to create something like a equirectangular projection because when drawing it, it looked cool. Obviously I had no idea that it was called this. I was trying to draw reflections of a square window onto a sphere, and then I moved on to trying to cover the sphere in a checkered pattern. This is awesome to see, thank you!

An equirectangular projection just means plotting latitude and longitude in a rectangle.

Do you mean my diagonal grid that I projected back onto the sphere? I'm not sure that has a name.

Great to see you. I look forward for your comments on geometry, multivariate calculus and rotations.

Edit: fantastic graphics. You should submit the other one as an HN post too.

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