I’m still annoyed that the default in Google Maps isn’t a spherical mapping. You can set it to use a sphere if you’re logged in, but that’s not the default.
In the past, the only reason for a flat map was paper, but since it’s now easy to project a 3d image on a 2d screen, there’s no reason that online maps should ever use anything other than a sphere. Yet, Mercator is the default for Google Maps, which just confuses another generation of kids.
I’m still annoyed that the default in Google Maps isn’t a spherical mapping. You can set it to use a sphere if you’re logged in, but that’s not the default.
In the past, the only reason for a flat map was paper, but since it’s now easy to project a 3d image on a 2d screen, there’s no reason that online maps should ever use anything other than a sphere. Yet, Mercator is the default for Google Maps, which just confuses another generation of kids.
So many projections to chose from and none of them are perfect. Except the sphere
And since we don’t have holographic displays, the sphere has some issues too. Still, it should be the default for anything computer-based.