360°: sectors displayed differently dependend on zoom factor

Question

I noticed a issue on the 360°-from-home-map if the distance from home increases (tested at ~1000km).

You could see:

• the sector is not covering the area of the caches (loaded by clicking the sector)
• the same sector is shown on a different area by only using another zoom factor

Red markers are for orientation only and mark the same locations

Answer 1

The complexity of a spherical earth. Probably not the exact same math formula used. Could very well be intentional to optimize the computing time. The important thing is that the geocaches shown won't change direction in the future, the beams are just a visual layer.

Comments

Yes, calculations on the Earth's surface are problematic. That explains the lateral offset, but not the varying results at different zoom levels.
When zooming in using the same center point, the sectors should at least remain at the same location (even if it's not accurate due to the sphere).

But I completely agree with you that the important thing is that the caches in a sector remain the same even when zooming, even if the position of the selected sector changes.
And that (I think) is currently the case.