dymaxionmap
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6x)
Updated: 6.00-1.fc34 (02-Apr-2021)
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NAME
dymaxionmap - An animation of Buckminster Fuller's unwrapped icosahedral globe.
SYNOPSIS
dymaxionmap
[-display
host:display.screen]
[-visual
visual]
[-window]
[-root]
[-delay
number]
[-speed
ratio]
[-no-wander]
[-no-roll]
[-no-stars]
[-no-grid]
[-flat]
[-satellite]
[-image
file]
[-image2
file]
[-frames
number]
[-wireframe]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
Buckminster Fuller's map of the Earth projected onto the surface of an
unfolded icosahedron. It depicts the Earth's continents as one island, or
nearly contiguous land masses.
This screen saver animates the progression of the dusk terminator across
the flattened globe. It includes both satellite and flat-colored map
imagery, and can load and convert other Equirectangular-projected maps.
OPTIONS
- -visual visual
-
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
- -window
-
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
-
Draw on the root window.
- -delay number
-
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds).
- -speed ratio
-
Speed of the animation. 0.5 means half as fast, 2 means twice as fast.
- -wander | -no-wander
-
Whether the object should wander around the screen. Default yes.
- -roll | -no-roll
-
Whether the object should roll randomly. Default yes.
- -stars | -no-stars
-
Whether to display a star field. Default yes.
- -grid | -no-grid
-
Whether to overlay a latitude/longitude grid over the map. Default yes.
- -flat
-
Display a flat-colored map of the Earth. This is the default.
- -satellite
-
Display a day-time satellite map of the Earth.
- -image file
-
An image to use for the day-time map.
- -image2 file
-
An image to use for the night-time map.
The two images can be the same: the night-time one will be darkened.
- -frames number
-
The number of frames in the day/night animation. Default 720.
Larger numbers are smoother, but use more memory.
The day/night animation happens if image2 is set, or
if frames is greater than 1.
- -wireframe | -no-wireframe
-
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
- -fps | -no-fps
-
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
ENVIRONMENT
- DISPLAY
-
to get the default host and display number.
- XENVIRONMENT
-
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
SEE ALSO
X(1),
xscreensaver(1)
glplanet(6x)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2016-2018 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
express or implied warranty.
"Dymaxion Map" and "The Fuller Projection Map" are trademarks of
The Buckminster Fuller Institute.
The original Dymaxion Map image is copyright © 1982 by
The Buckminster Fuller Institute. (This program does not use their
imagery, only similar trigonometry.)
The Dymaxion Map was covered by now-expired US Patent 2,393,676
(Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1946).
AUTHOR
Jamie Zawinski.