from the creator (I'm not a programmer so I don't totally understand the comment, but it might be interesting to others) Google uses a Mercator projection, so

from the creator (I'm not a programmer so I don't totally understand the comment, but it might be interesting to others) Google uses a Mercator projection, so comparing areas that have drastically different latitudes will yield inaccurate conclusions. Not sure how to force it (or if you can force it) into Goode Homolosine. That would make me happy.