I think I complained about this already a few years ago. It's still broken. Do you really think this looks like the orthodrome for those two points @googlemaps?pic.twitter.com/rBXgTmUHj1
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Interestingly the "measure distance" tool is rendering the line correctly. (left: globe view, right: 2d view) This looks like they are trying to "tone down" the great circle effect? It's so bizarre..pic.twitter.com/FU4KWDcrDc
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*Puts on tinfoil hat* The plane takes the blue route as opposed to the great circle because... the Earth is FLAT!! Finally, all the proof I needed!
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Huh! That's weird! I can only assume that the plane line is actually always rendered 2D and has a curve applied for aesthetic reasons. It's in no way accurate and just portraits a hop from one point to another.
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It's difficult to be sure how the line is drawn since that's hidden deep in proprietary Maps code. But on their drawing API I do see an option for geodesic. I don't have the time to play around with Maps right now, but I'm going to be thinking about it.https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/polygon#PolygonOptions.geodesic …
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I think that's what they're doing, yeah. But that's weird, because at the same time they seem to care about a correct representation of the world map by using a sphere.
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