[jm_l]

I noticed that the dots on the surface of the sphere are evenly spaced out close to the equator, but because there is a consistent number of dots in each ring, they are very close together when you reach the poles.

One way to get dots evenly spread out over the surface of a sphere is to use a phyllotaxis spiral pattern.

https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/PhyllotaxisSpiralPatternO...

[jmpeax]

I like the surface dots like it is. It gives me two points of reference at the poles, and adds intuition for how long it takes to go around the sphere.

[cluckindan]

Those examples don’t seem to be evenly spaced at the poles.