The idea is that it lets you compact a globe from 3D space to 2D space with minimal distortions. You can carry a 100 such maps in less space than one globe would take. (Of course, if your requirements are to be able to see everything at once, then this doesn’t fit)
So what you said in the first paragraph doesn’t seem true to me, but if someone did invent that already and was dismissed i would be interested to hear.
The idea is that it lets you compact a globe from 3D space to 2D space with minimal distortions. You can carry a 100 such maps in less space than one globe would take. (Of course, if your requirements are to be able to see everything at once, then this doesn’t fit)
So what you said in the first paragraph doesn’t seem true to me, but if someone did invent that already and was dismissed i would be interested to hear.