Tiles à la Google Maps: Coordinates, Tile Bounds and Projection | MapTilerLearn how zoomable maps works, what coordinate systems are, and how to convert between them. People have been using coordinate systems and map projections to transform the shape of Earth into usable flat maps for centuries. A map of the entire world is too big to be directly displayed on a computer. Therefore, there is a clever mechanism for quick browsing and zooming on maps: the map tiles. The w
