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A map can be a globe

Pass projection: "globe" and the map draws as a sphere. Omit it and nothing changes. unmap tiles Canada, so at globe zooms the country sits on the sphere and everything outside the archive is empty.

Globe projection centred on Canada, with empty ocean outside the tile archive.
The globe example as it renders now, at zoom 0. Captured 2026-09-21 from the docs. The changelog date is the day the note was written.
  • createMap, new Unmap, useUnmap, <Map>, and both registry lanes
  • A city centre with no zoom still frames the city, not the planet
  • A live example at /docs/guides/examples/show-the-globe

AvailabilityTiles cover Canada. At globe zooms the country sits on the sphere and everything outside the archive is empty.