Tootfinder

@seav@en.osm.town
2026-09-07 16:43:32

🧵 1/2: I recently saw this vintage #Qantas poster with a unique “flower” map projection centered on #Sydney (1st image). I like how the map almost neatly divides the four largest continents (Eurasia, North America, South America, and Africa) into the four petals.
Well, I kinda became obsessed and wonder…

Portrait aviation poster featuring a unique flower-like map projection centered in Sydney, Australia with the rest of the world split into four “petals”, which from the top-left going clockwise, roughly correspond to Eurasia, North America, South America, and Africa. Major cities like Peking, New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and oceans are labeled. A radial grid overlays the petals.

Above the map is the following text:

A New Air Map From the Australian Viewpoint
Great Circle Courses to the F…

A minimal recreation of the first image’s flower-like map projection centered in Sydney, Australia with the rest of the world split into four “petals”, which from the top-left going clockwise, roughly correspond to Eurasia, North America, South America, and Africa. A radial grid overlays the petals.

Tootfinder

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