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Google Maps Will No Longer Show a Flat Earth

posted by chromas on Saturday August 04 2018, @02:57PM   
from the Checkmate! dept.

takyon writes:

Google Maps now zooms out to a globe instead of a flat Earth

Google is finished thinking two-dimensionally with Maps and now shows the Earth as a globe rather than a flat "Mercator" projection as before. 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. 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.

Also at TechCrunch.

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• This is serious This is serious (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @03:09PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @03:09PM (#717225)

  Google is now officially part of the round earth conspiracy. What next, sex / gender determinism?

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• Re:This is serious Re:This is serious (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @06:21PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @06:21PM (#717279)

  You can just use Google Street View to find a bathroom that you're comfortable using.

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  • Re:This is serious (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @06:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @06:50PM (#717291)

    Your mind is on Street View?

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