Map (profile) of the earth's continents and methods of manufacturing world maps
OwnerYasuo Shinozukainventor
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Abstract
World maps for the earth's continents are formed from the continental hemisphere as a main body by attaching several sections of the oceanic hemispheres. Folding the hemispheres in half repeatedly makes near-flat disk maps of the both hemispheres. Other methods of producing world maps with less distortion are provided. These maps show that the earth's continents originated concurrently and did not change their shapes much since then. This also supports the inventor's hypothesis that a gigantic meteor-like body broke up in the air and fell as chunks of lava onto a proto-earth covered solely by the ocean.
Claims10
A method of making a map of earth's continents, comprising:
- projecting a curved or three-dimensional representation of the continental hemisphere onto a flat surface so as to form a two-dimensional representation of said continental hemisphere with at least one interrupted landmass, and
- attaching a plurality of similar projections of landmasses from the oceanic hemisphere so that said interrupted landmass of said continental hemisphere is completed,
- whereby said map will illustrate that the earth's topography was formed by collision of a gigantic meteor-like body.
A method of converting a hemispheric map on the Conic Equidistant projection into a near flat disk having triangular serrations comprising:
- folding a plurality of equal-spaced concentric arcs on said Conic Equidistant projection alternately so as to form a wide-open fan with concentric serrations, and
- selecting a sector of said map and pulling both ends of said sector inwardly so to close said sector,
- whereby said method will produce a nearly flat hemispheric disk that is thin enough for projection onto a flat medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.