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Google Maps Will No Longer Show a Flat Earth

posted by chromas on Saturday August 04 2018, @02:57PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 2) by stretch611 on Saturday August 04 2018, @04:47PM (3 children)

    by stretch611 (6199) on Saturday August 04 2018, @04:47PM (#717246)

    But the flat earthers already know the truth...

    It is a conspiracy to hide the real facts from the public.

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  • (Score: 2) by theluggage on Saturday August 04 2018, @06:42PM (1 child)

    by theluggage (1797) on Saturday August 04 2018, @06:42PM (#717289)

    Hang on a mo - if the Earth is flat, where do the hollow Earth lizard people live? Sounds to me that this is just a cover for Google doctoring their maps to better hide the polar hole.

    Are we talking deep pan or just two sided like an LP?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @08:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 04 2018, @08:03PM (#717308)

      They obviously live on the other tortoise's back. Dah!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:25PM (#717553)

    It's a Global Conspiracy. And Google is part of it.