Developed by German historian Arno Peters in 1974, the map uses mathematical calculations to transfer the three-dimensional globe to a flat surface.

Google Maps rolled out a globe on Friday, most likely frustrating internet-connected flat-Earthers around -- sorry, across -- the world.

Google is finished thinking two-dimensionally with Maps and now shows the Earth as a globe rather than a flat "Mercator" projection as before.

Google Maps has a new 3D globe mode. Just zoom out on the desktop version of Google Maps and you'll be presented with a sphere instead of a plane visual representation of the Earth.

However, Google Maps has not been the only one struggling with this. Apple Maps is currently still showing a flat view of the world. For what it's worth, even maps in school do this.

The map combines the accuracy of a globe with the ease of a 2D map, by printing the map on two sides of a disk. It is essentially a flat-pack globe, doing away with the bulk whilst retaining the ...

The company uses high-tech printing techniques to create the maps, which can be folded up into globes without the use of scissors, glue or any outside supplies, says MSY spokesperson Kazumasa Hirano.

Clad in a green jumpsuit festooned with flat Earth maps, he worked the room hard all the while proclaiming Earth is less a big blue marble than a big blue pancake.

In the past, maps were hand-drawn by using careful measurements of the ground. Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved.

By using two circles of the northern and southern hemispheres scientists said they have created the most accurate 2D map of Earth to date.