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Excerpt from Generalized Map Makers Problem: Optimal Flattening of Polyhedral Surfaces
The map-maker's problem is to find a ?at representation of a curved surface: for example, the surface of the earth. Classical map making has been restricted to the relatively simple spherical surface of the earth. In the case that the surface of interest is complex, and possibly non-convex, there are no known methods of finding quasi.
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