The diameter of the Beiheim globe is 51 centimeters, and the decoration is luxurious. In records from 1494, the production of this ball was particularly time-consuming and laborious. In 1992, Nuremberg conducted a detailed study on the material of this ball, and its report stated that the production process was indeed quite complex. This is a mixture of old and new geographical knowledge, with ancient Greek speculations about the world, medieval geographical ideas, and new results of maritime exploration all visible. It became a model for drawing world images in central Europe at that time, and one of the few remaining map works in the world that collected different mapping methods and schools.