mapbox / mapbox/mapbox-gl-js

`easeTo` with `around` triggers jump at start of animation and does not correctly preserve point location in globe view

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Description

**mapbox-gl-js version**: main

**browser**: Firefox

### Steps to Trigger Behavior

1. Open a map in globe view
2. Open developer console. Enter:
```js
map.easeTo({around: [0, 0]});
```

### Expected Behavior

The map should not move. `around` specifies the point that should remain in place. (see [docs update](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/pull/11822)) With no `zoom`, `pitch` or `bearing, specified, there is no transformation and in other projections the map does not move.

### Actual Behavior
The map jumps.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14878684/165182087-8938c30c-5feb-4daa-8380-817731e7dede.mov

In other cases the jump can be more extreme:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14878684/165184007-63d48f0d-3946-4ca6-8da7-9da3e48cef7c.mov

I suspect that this is arising from an inconsistent conversion to and from screen space and world space.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in globe view with map.easeTo({around: [0, 0]}) in Firefox, then trace the easeTo camera path and its screen-space/world-space conversion. Done means the animation does not jump at its start and the around point remains in place when no zoom, pitch, or bearing is specified.

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Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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