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@jkopel I am starting to work on map gores so I can engrave maps on flat surfaces then wrap them around a sphere. Here is a link:

http://www.gma.org/surfing/imaging/globe.html

Have you found any info on how to wrap maps on a cube?

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I have.

For something pre-made there is this:
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Dither/ProjPoly/Foldout/Cube/cube.html

For how that was generated I found this:
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Dither/ProjPoly/projPoly.html

There is lots and lots of work in the raster world for rendering textures onto cubes, and that is where I am looking now.

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@jkopel I think I will try taking a svg vector file for a map projection, probably a cylindrical projection, then use various raster fills for the continents, then try and lay it out to fit on a six sided cube. The Earth isn’t flat, it is a cube!!!

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