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Side-effect of flattening a globe (startrek.website)
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[–] merc 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm still annoyed that the default in Google Maps isn't a spherical mapping. You can set it to use a sphere if you're logged in, but that's not the default.

In the past, the only reason for a flat map was paper, but since it's now easy to project a 3d image on a 2d screen, there's no reason that online maps should ever use anything other than a sphere. Yet, Mercator is the default for Google Maps, which just confuses another generation of kids.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So many projections to chose from and none of them are perfect. Except the sphere

[–] merc 4 points 8 months ago

And since we don't have holographic displays, the sphere has some issues too. Still, it should be the default for anything computer-based.