Time · Triangle · Centroid

The Dial Triangle

A second take on the time-fix idea, reduced to its cleanest geometry. The angular positions of the hour, minute, and second hands are projected to three points on the rim of the dial — here the south-pole edge of the flat-earth (Gleason) map. Those three points determine one triangle; its centroid — the balance point, the average of the three vertices — is taken as the reference location and lit up on the map. The dial is the Gleason map: the North Pole sits at the centre, so north is not a fixed edge direction — from any point it runs inward toward the centre. The rim is the south-pole edge, and the prime meridian (0°) rises to 12 o'clock with longitude increasing clockwise around it.

time → 3 rim points → 1 triangle → 1 centroid → 1 location