3D Google Maps : Sorry Flat Earthers!

The Tech Giant have quietly rolled out a change to arguably the best map service. They have shifted from the popular but inaccurate Mercator Projection of the world to a 3D Spherical Globe. 

The change isn't that obvious but if you zoom out enough to view the continents, you can see that it has changed to a globe. Why have they done this? 

There are many reasons why they could have done this but it is most likely due to the inaccuracies of the Mercator projection. You see , the map greatly distorts the land masses so although Greenland looks as large as Africa , it's not in fact it is 14 times larger. You cannot represent spherical surfaces on a flat plane on a perfect scale (Hope you learnt something!).

Of course this has angered the Flat Earth Society ( A joke really), who are indoctrinated that the Earth is flat. 

With 3D Globe Mode on Google Maps desktop, Greenland's projection is no longer the size of Africa.

Just zoom all the way out at https://t.co/mIZTya01K3 😎🌍 pic.twitter.com/CIkkS7It8d

— Google Maps (@googlemaps) August 2, 2018

 It is just a minor change but it is one step forward at a time!