ABSTRACT
Cartographic history is cursed by map projections. The Arno Peters projection was more a statement that caused considerable cartographic debate in 1983 following its publication and as such was a cartographic disruptor. The projection stimulated numerous discussions and acted to drive a wedge through the cartographic community. A self-confessed non-cartographer, Jack van Wijk created a similar stir in 2008 when his work was published in The Cartographic Journal. He subsequently developed a new class of methods for mapping the Earth where the spherical surface was mapped onto a myriahedron. Myriahedral is his own term too — a brave move to coin a term for the work — as it is used to describe the multiple faces of polyhedra. Van Wijk's projection defined an entirely new approach that owes more to the creation of gores than more traditional rectangular, conic or azimuthal projections.
