Google Maps says goodbye to Mercator (but only on certain scales
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A curious detail is the one that Google Maps discovers in its new update of August 2018 in its desktop version (not so in the mobile version, although everything seems to indicate that the change w…
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Google Maps says goodbye to Mercator (but only on certain scales
Google Maps uses Mercator projection when zoomed out, giving a
Why is Google Maps still using a Mercator projection, rather than
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Google Maps uses Mercator projection when zoomed out, giving a
Why is Google Maps still using a Mercator projection, rather than
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What do the Google maps hide?
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Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia
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