Thankfully, with the new Globe Mode, this should now be fixed. For instance, Greenland looks the size of Africa, when it’s much, much smaller. ![]() As a result, a few countries look way bigger than they should. Mercator projections, which are the most commonly used means of projections, enlarges regions that are farther from the equator despite showing the correct shape of countries. To make things clear, Google is referring to the fact that it’s impossible to represent the true area of different regions on the planet using flat projections or in 2-dimension. Or as described in Google’s own words, “Greenland’s projection is no longer the size of Africa”. While you won’t notice the change when you first open the app, you can get a moon’s-eye view of our world if you zoom out far enough. As announced in an official tweet, Google Maps now shows the Earth as a globe instead of a flat “Mercator” projection as before.
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