I'm curious how it would work out if you updated the projection center to match the view center in zoomed out maps?
I can see a value in having a "stable" map that doesn't twist around as you move, but I think that would offer a good alternative for people trying to look at places that suffer from the traditional projection centers, and of course different trade offs make sense for different circumstance.
But perhaps constantly reprojecting is too expensive?
Exactly — this would require reprojecting on every frame, which is too expensive, while we designed the feature to only do this once when loading a tile.
I can see a value in having a "stable" map that doesn't twist around as you move, but I think that would offer a good alternative for people trying to look at places that suffer from the traditional projection centers, and of course different trade offs make sense for different circumstance.
But perhaps constantly reprojecting is too expensive?