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I get irrationally angry when a map is skewed in this way and there is no way to change it. The more you zoom in, the worse the distortion is made to be. Even zooming all the way out does not eliminate the angular distortion. This took actual effort on some programmer's part! Who ever thought that this is a good idea?!?

It's like those navigational mini maps (car or computer game) that won't keep north pointing up... only worse.

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Don't get angry so much over minor things, your older self will thank you. Somebody did something for free, gave it to you for free, and so they did not do a perfect job. There are worse things in life.

Also got annoyed by this, but worked out pretty quickly that if you hold down right click and drag then you can change the angle

There is no right-click on phones.

On most mobile maps, you can adjust the angle by dragging up or down with two fingers.

Two fingers scroll on mobile.

I had to use three fingers on my iPhone.

You can also change the perspective by simultaneously holding the Ctrl key and moving the mouse.

Or move the cursor while right-clicking.

Angry or slightly annoyed? Because if angry is the right emotion then there might be some other underlying causes and this is just a trigger for them.

That is "slightly" nitpicking, isn't it?

On a bit slower computer it took me a few minutes to locate my capital - found some tiny cities around it, yet still had no idea what direction I am looking at. Lack of major city names (until zoomed far) or that grey map (especially combined with screen "night shift" mode) style didn't help as well. Or the lack of a few important power plants around me.

At least major power lines were there - that was actually very cool. The whole thing is great, but readability is just bad.

> if angry is the right emotion

Of course it's not, haven’t you noticed they said "irrationally"?

Indignant, actually.

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