1. Data Controller

pschweb is the data controller responsible for processing your personal data. We operate in accordance with applicable international data protection laws, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Canadian PIPEDA, and applicable US state laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).

Our primary purpose for collecting data is to allow you to save and share interactive 3D maps and routes. We also log anonymized statistics on site usage, which involves a temporary lookup of your IP address via a third-party service (ip-api.com) to determine your country. We also use local storage (cookies) to remember your settings. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

2. Your Global Rights

Whether you reside in the EU, USA, or Canada, we respect your right to control your own data. You have the right to:

• Right to Access/Know: You have the right to request a copy of the specific personal data we have collected about you.
• Right to Erasure/Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your data from our systems.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to have inaccurate information corrected.
• Right to Opt-Out (Do Not Sell/Share): Even though we do not sell your data, you formally have the right to instruct us never to do so.

3. How to Exercise Your Rights

To provide our service, we store your email address and, if you log in via Google, your public profile name and picture. We also store data you voluntarily submit (such as ideas and bug reports). To protect your data from unauthorized access, all requests for access and deletion are handled through our secure login system.

• Access and Deletion: Log in to your profile via your usual magic link or Google Auth. Here you can see the email address we have registered, and you can permanently delete your profile and data at any time by clicking the delete function.
• Security: Since your access via magic link or Google Auth is our only way to verify your ownership of the email address, requests for access and deletion can only be made by logging in for security reasons.

globeVSmap started as an open-source 3D globe script created by science communicator Ralph Crewe.

It was later picked up, modified, and expanded with a focus on education by Patrick Schunck (psch.dk). What started as an idea about showing how great circles on a globe look on a map gradually evolved into more.

Today, the project features real-time calculations of rhumb lines, a D3.js engine to break complex routes across the international date line, URL scenario sharing, and interactive projection tools.

It was built with the aim of helping geography and science teachers, as well as interested individuals in general, to easily explain and understand the mind-bending differences between a true 3D globe and the distorted 2D Mercator projection.

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Welcome to globeVSmap!

This is a passion project, originally conceived by Ralph Crewe and now developed by Patrick Schunck.