A new map projection using computer algorithms was developed by Jack van Wijk, a computer scientist at Eindhoven Unviersity of Technology in the Netherlands. The Myriahedral projection gives different weighting to edges of a polyhedron and returns maps that can organize land and sea separately. The British Cartographic Society recently gave van Wijk the Henry Johns award, which recognizes the best mapmaking research paper each year.
Read more about the project in this story in the New Scientist.
