Lab

Maps, maths and other nerdy things

Small experiments with South Africa and Denmark as the data. Mostly geometry, some history, all of it running in the browser.

• 01South Africa, drawn by circlesFourier epicycles with a hole in the middle. Two chains of spinning arms, one for the border and one for Lesotho.
• 02Denmark needs fifteen machinesOne Fourier series per landmass, all drawing at once from a single hub.
• 03How long is Denmark?The coastline paradox with an adjustable ruler. Denmark shrinks fast. South Africa barely notices.
• 04Born here, won thereEvery Nobel laureate as a line from birth country to the country they won from. Plus five Peace Prizes, one country.