The other plots show the meridian scale factor for the Equirectangular projection ( h = 1 ) and for the Lambert equal area projection.
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One implementation uses an icosahedron as the base polyhedron, hexagonal cells, and the Snyder equal area projection is known as the Icosahedron Snyder Equal Area ( ISEA ) grid.
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Along the same line, different Platonic solids could also be used as a starting point instead of an icosahedron or tetrahedron e . g . cubes that are common in video games can be used to represent the Earth with a small aperture and an efficient equal area projection.