Thanks for your suggestion! There is a snag in Google maps which causes grey areas to start appearing outside the boundaries of the world map (on top and bottom

Thanks for your suggestion! There is a snag in Google maps which causes grey areas to start appearing outside the boundaries of the world map (on top and bottom). Which kinda sucks because it makes the map look ugly. That's why I had to set it in this zoom size. But what you said completely makes sense. I am going to go ahead and change it to a lower zoom.