{"id":1809903,"date":"2022-11-17T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T00:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1809903"},"modified":"2022-11-17T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T00:37:09","slug":"will-using-fullers-projection-get-you-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/will-using-fullers-projection-get-you-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Using Fuller’s Projection Get You in Trouble?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buckminster Fuller\u2019s Dymaxion map<\/a>: is the projection it uses patented, trademarked or copyrighted to the extent that you have to pay a licencing fee or face a lawsuit? Daniel Huffman digs into this very question<\/a>, which apparently has been circulating around the cartographic world for some time. \u201cHere\u2019s the summary of what I\u2019ve concluded: if you don\u2019t pay a license fee before you publish a map that uses the Fuller projection, you may find yourself hearing from the projection\u2019s \u2018owner.\u2019 At the same time, I don\u2019t think that the owner (the Buckminster Fuller Institute) has any rights that would actually hold up in court.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buckminster Fuller\u2019s Dymaxion map: is the projection it uses patented, trademarked or copyrighted to the extent that you have to pay a licencing fee or face a lawsuit? 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Designer Brendan Ravenhill has produced a version of Fuller's map in the form of a magnetic folding globe.\u00a0Wired: \u201cLike Fuller\u2019s original map, Ravenhill\u2019s globe can exist in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Memorabilia"","block_context":{"text":"Memorabilia","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/memorabilia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"dymaxion-folding-globe","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dymaxion-folding-globe-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dymaxion-folding-globe-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dymaxion-folding-globe-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dymaxion-folding-globe-1024x576.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1785141,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/alejandro-polancos-minimal-geography\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809903,"position":1},"title":"Alejandro Polanco’s Minimal Geography","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 March 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Our friend Alejandro Polanco has produced a nifty infographic poster map that is centred, for a change, on the Dymaxion projection. The central map is surrounded by lots of little inset maps and infographics. Called Minimal Geography, it's available for sale via Kickstarter as a \u20ac6 digital download in two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Dymaxion map\"","block_context":{"text":"Dymaxion map","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/tag\/dymaxion-map\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/alpoma-minimal-geography.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/alpoma-minimal-geography.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/alpoma-minimal-geography.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1805995,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/02\/xkcd-the-goode-homolosine-to-the-rescue\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809903,"position":2},"title":"xkcd: The Goode Homolosine to the Rescue!","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 February 2022","format":"image","excerpt":"Randall Munroe\u2019s map projection humour is increasingly on point, as last Friday\u2019s xkcd demonstrates. (The mouseover text is even better: \u201cThere are two rules on this ship: Never gaze back into the projection abyss, and never touch the red button labeled DYMAXION.\u201d) Previously: xkcd: The Greenland Special; xkcd: All South\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/sea_chase.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/sea_chase.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/sea_chase.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/sea_chase.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1810482,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/12\/orthographic-papercraft-ornament\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809903,"position":3},"title":"Orthographic Papercraft Ornament","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 December 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Every year John Nelson comes up with a papercraft globe ornament for printing out, cutting and pasting together; this year\u2019s uses Living Atlas world imagery in an orthographic projection. 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