Dev builds 3D map projector with Claude Opus 5.5 showing how projections distort Earth

techartist_ · x · 2026-09-28

Developer techartist built a 3D Map Projector using Claude Opus 5.5: a glowing globe that projects Earth onto a cylinder, cone, or flat plane, then unrolls like paper on your desk.

Every flat map is a compromise. The demo uses Tissot circles to visualize exactly where each projection introduces stretching and distortion, making the tradeoffs between cylindrical, conic, and planar projections intuitively clear.

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