World map system

摘要

PCT No. PCT/NL94/00268 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 7, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 7, 1996 PCT Filed Nov. 2, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/12872 PCT Pub. Date May 11, 1995A world map system consists of thirty-two loose maps in the form of twelve equilateral pentagons and twenty inequilateral hexagons having alternately a relatively short side and a relatively long side. With these maps a globe can be formed by surrounding each pentagon with five hexagons in such a way that the side of pentagons and hexagons abutting each other are the same length. The ratio of the length of the relatively long hexagon sides to the length of the relatively short hexagon sides lies between 1:0.75 and 1:1.