Did anyone else get an update from Google Maps to show a globe instead of a projection?
Did anyone else get an update from Google Maps to show a globe instead of a projection?
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I'm pretty sure this is A/B testing on their part, but curious to see if anyone else is in that case
Now this is the type of conversation I can get behind!
18 0 ReplyUsername definitely checks out!
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Eh? It's been a globe for years and years. You can even zoom out and view other planets and moons.
17 0 ReplyProbably country dependant, I have been stuck with Mercator for the last few years.
3 0 ReplyAlso depends on the platform, the mobile app is the last bastion of flat-earth truth /s
4 0 ReplyIf you turn on satellite and zoom out you even see current cloud cover
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It was a globe forever on desktop. Changes to a projection when you zoom in enough.
They surely have a fallback in case someone's PC did not support rendering the globe fast enough
4 0 ReplyFor me, it's gone back and forth between a globe and a projection a few times over the past 5-10 years or so.
4 0 ReplyForgot google maps was on Desktop 😅
4 0 ReplyI've seen it before, but never thought to seek out the projection, but I could set the maps to "Globe View" under the layers button in the down left corner. It's much nicer now :)
3 0 ReplyMercator projection is best, with gnomonic and equirectangular coming in at distant second and third. Globe perspective projection has niche uses. All others are useless/solve a problem that is irrelevant.
1 0 Replynever in my life have I seed this
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