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Greenland Is No Longer Larger Than Africa: GoogleMaps Drops Mercator Projections
- lucideer 8y agoWhoever wrote this article doesn't understand how map projections work, which is ok—can't expect everyone to be a domain expert—but does mean the title is incorrect and very misleading. Google Maps still uses Mercator (EPSG:3857), that hasn't changed. They've just added a feature whereby when you zoom all the way out, it switches from a flat Mercator to a 3d-rendered globe.