HaukEye makes these notes, some about geodesic
technica some about channels and allegory.
peruse these links while the notes are being edited ....
http://www.earthscope.com/
dymaxion & spherical icosahedral projections:
http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/rbfnotes/maps/graymap1.html
http://www.vterrain.org/Textures/spherical.html
http://www.metavr.com/technology/metadesic.html
the dirty work done in perl:
http://search.cpan.org/src/SDERLE/Geo-Dymaxion-0.10/README
http://search.cpan.org/~sderle/Geo-Dymaxion-0.10/
notes coming here on buckminster fuller,
the dymaxion icosa-geodesic global map projection,
extreme weather, ecology and other channels of
allegorical narrative.