MapProjection Enumeration

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Controls how the map projects the world onto the screen.

Android

enum MapProjection
{
    WEB_MERCATOR,
    GLOBE
}

iOS

typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MSMapProjection)
{
    MSMapProjectionMercator,
    MSMapProjectionGlobe,
}

Values

Web mercator

Uses the web mercator projection common to many map rendering engines. Because of limitations of the projection the poles cannot be rendered in this projection.

Globe

The earth is displayed as a globe allowing the whole earth to be viewed.