Transition from globe to mercator at higher zoom?
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Description
## Motivation
Currently the mapbox globe transitions to mercator at around zoom 5, Im wanting it to stay as a globe for longer so that the countries dont change shape until much further zoomed in, is this possible?
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the globe-to-Mercator transition logic and determine whether the transition threshold is configurable. The issue does not specify a target zoom or acceptance criteria, so completion would require clarifying the intended behavior before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- computer-graphics, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100