I wrote a simple web page a while ago to do a simple icosahedral to 2:1 texture map conversion. Here's Vland from Vilani & Vargr:

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.... which looks messy but the distorted areas all get distorted back when mapped onto a sphere anyway. Here are some sample renders usingĀ http://planetmaker.wthr.us

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