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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.
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(Score: 2) by legont on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:04AM
Some Russians go as far as being married on North Pole https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/first-ever-wedding-held-at-north-pole-476578 [ndtv.com]
Where did you married your fat ass?
Hold on, it was actually Norwegian couple married under Russian supervision. Collusion, collusion with a Nato country went unnoticed. Sanctions to both right now. Special investigator to the North Pole until he finds an evidence (or eaten by bears).
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