the ‘globe mode’ update is only available on desktop and works on all major browsers, including chrome, edge and firefox. using a mercator projections, greenland appears larger than africa, when it is in fact much smaller – africa is 11.73 million square miles and greenland, 836,300 square miles.

a good example is the relative sizes of greenland and africa. Mercator projections show accurate shapes of countries, but enlarges regions that are farther away from the equator. Just zoom all the way out at 😎🌍 /CIkkS7It8d With 3D Globe Mode on Google Maps desktop, Greenland’s projection is no longer the size of Africa. ‘ with 3D globe mode on google maps desktop, greenland’s projection is no longer the size of africa‘, google maps said on twitter. the search engine company is referring to the challenges when trying to represent the true areas of different regions on a three-dimensional world using a two-dimensional surface. This is only available for macOS Monterey running on M1 chip. Google has opted for a 3D view of the globe in its latest update to google maps. when you zoom all the way out, instead of seeing a flat ‘mercator’ projection, users will see a moon’s-eye view of the planet. Lets do zoom all the way out in the Apple Maps app you can get to an interactive globe view. Globe 4 years 9 months Manufacturing Process Engineer Jun 2019 - Present3 years 11 months India Responsible for overall production supervising and necessary improvements to optimize the.

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