Don’t forget that it’d be nighttime after a certain distance, because light can only travel so far distance before it disappears.
Well now you’re assuming the sun is spherical and gives off light in all directions.
If it were more like a flashlight, then flat earth day and night still works. So checkmate again.
Okay, I want to be able to simulate what the world would actually look like from a vantage point where you could see the whole world unwrapped like this.
Ok I just spent 20 mins with an LLM and it got me setup with three Js and adding landmarks to a flat earth projection.
I’ve not the time nor inclination to take it further but happy to share a link to the code if someone else wants to expand on it.
I am a software developer and my curiosity was piqued and the LLM cured that, but happy to zip up the project.
Leaves a lot to be desired as it’s not what you would actually see and more a play on this meme where you can use the camera to set vantage point and see how things would align. We used cubes of various heights based on the landmark to represent landmarks so no crazy graphics.
Edit: Never ceases to amaze how many people downvote LLM mentions like they don’t have some utility. Bias is clearly showing. Like I could tackle this on my own, but do I want to spend hours doing something on a whim or 20 minutes with an LLM to get something functional with a little back and forth is well worth it imo.