Summary

Really? You know the Waterman? Have you seen the 1909 Cahill map it's based - You have a framed reproduction at home?! Well I have a 3D printed version at home.

Inspired by Randall Munroe's xkcd What Your Favorite Map Projection Says About You webcomic http://xkcd.com/977/
~ Thank you Randall for introducing me to the Butterfly projection ~

More information on this really awesome projection of our world here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman_butterfly_projection

Unfortunately this 3D printed version can't be folded back into the globe... yet

Instructions

This piece was designed to have different colors at each of the three layers

WeeksB_ButterflyMap.stl

Size: ~200mm x 120mm x 4mm
Pause at:
1.5mm Z height to change to 2nd color
2.9mm Z height to change to 3rd color

WeeksB_ButterflyMap.gcode

This is the gcode used to print the pieces shown - Requires Sailfish firmware - created with Simplify3D
Layer height 0.1
Left Extruder 200?C
3 shells
20% infill
Pause at:
Layer 15 / Z 1.5mm
Layer 29 / Z 2.9mm
Total Time: ~3 hours

WeeksB_ButterflyMap.x3g

This is the .x3g created from the gcode listed above
Use if it you have a MakerBot (or offshoot) running Sailfish

WeeksB_ButterflyMap-ExLarge.stl

This is actually the original size file. Use it if you want to cut it up into pieces or have one of those huge printers.
Size: ~900mm x 550mm x 15mm

WeeksB_ButterflyMap.SLDPRT

The Solidworks part file used to create the .STLs