It’s certainly within the interest of the world’s largest search engine to encourage scientific thought over pseudo-scientific conspiracy theories. At one point, on Google Translate, the French translation for “I am a flat-earther” was “I’m a crazy person,” although Google tells Inverse that wasn’t intentional. The theory debunked by Aristotle in 330 BC once existed as a joke revolving around weird celebrity outbursts and the occasional Facebook group before evolving into an alarmingly fast-growing digital movement. They May Be Trying to Put Flat-Earthers to Bed But while the 3D globe view is both fun to experiment with and aesthetically pleasing to look at, there are a few serious reasons why Google might have implemented the change.
There are also a lot of cool hacks for traveling around and using Google Maps as your own personal cartographer. Google Maps has always been one to innovate with features like Street View, wheelchair accessible routes, and rainbow roads for Pride Month. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Why Would Google Maps Change to a 3D Globe View? For now, 3D Globe Mode is only available on desktop, so head over to and start zooming out to see the change.
It’s also proof that the Maps team is not part of the flat-earther movement, which was never really a concern, but is still nice to know. It’s a relatively minor change compared to the new features that launched earlier this week, but it’s one that will eliminate the need for adjusting a 3-D object to a 2-D display. On the previous flat map, Greenland looked to be about the same size as Africa, but now everything should be to appropriate scale when fully zoomed out. Rather than settle for two though, Google decided to end the week with one last surprise (which might irritate some flat-earthers).Īs of today, Google Maps will now change its perspective from a flat view of the planet to 3D Globe Mode (as Google calls it), giving you a more accurate view of Earth. Google has been on a roll with new features for its Maps service this week, from matching users to restaurants that they might like to adding battery percentage to location sharing. Scientists discover new shape hiding in our cells Almond milk recalled for containing actual milk
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