dymaxionmap(6x) XScreenSaver manual dymaxionmap(6x)
NAME
dymaxionmap - An animation of Buckminster Fuller's unwrapped icosahe-
dral 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 sec-
onds).
-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. De-
fault 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(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2016-2018 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, mod-
ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copy-
right notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No rep-
resentations 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 simi-
lar trigonometry.)
The Dymaxion Map was covered by now-expired US Patent 2,393,676
(Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1946).
AUTHOR
Jamie Zawinski.
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