Stanescu Map Projection
A compromise map projection made by Constantin-Ciprian Stanescu on December 25, 2025,
based on a regular octahedron layout
similar to Cahill's "Butterfly",
and Keyes' "M-shaped" projections,
but targeting the simplicity and familiarity of the Mercator projection.
Principal dividing meridian is 25°W, to show almost all the continents and countries uninterrupted.
Map ratio is 1:0.347.
Printed & cropped 2D map can be folded into a ![]()
3D octahedron Earth.
Continents
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Countries and graticule
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Colored countries with names
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Colored countries with names and graticule
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distortions (Tissot Indicatrix)
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Stanescu Map Projection Generator
License: CC Attribution
| Open-source code: GitHub
