* You might want to move the currently named "Cycle Map" layer under Thunderforest in your next version as it's also a "Thunderforest style" (by Andy Allan) and rename it to OpenCycleMap, which Andy uses for it. Thanks also for your latest addition of three more Thunderforest styles (by Andy Allan). This is really a great service that I hope gets more publicity as it helps put OSM at the hands of so many people that use GE. The change brings maps more in line with Google Earth, which has always presented the world from that viewpoint.Big thanks for these wonderful packs of map layers that include so many of the numerous OpenStreetMap-based layers.
The "Globe Mode" update is only available on desktop and not mobile, but it works on all major browsers, including Chrome, Edge and Firefox, reportedly thanks to WebGL. That's pretty clear on Google Maps now when you spin from one place to the other. As such, Greenland looks the size of Africa, when it's much, much smaller - a mere 836,300 square miles compared to Africa's 11.73 million square miles. The most commonly used Mercator projections shows the correct shape of countries, but enlarges regions that are farther from the equator. Google's referring to the fact that it's impossible to represent the true area of different regions on the planet using flat projections. 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. That means you'll see the world in a more realistic way: "With 3D Globe Mode on Google Maps desktop, Greenland's projection is no longer the size of Africa," Google Maps said on Twitter. You won't notice the change when you first open the app, but if you zoom out far enough, you'll eventually get a moon's-eye view of our world. Google is finished thinking two-dimensionally with Maps and now shows the Earth as a globe rather than a flat "Mercator" projection as before.
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