Spherical map for SP2. Does it apply to CiV?

[Trifna]

Lurking on the Internet, I found out that a TBS game called SuperPower 2 is going to come out on 4Q2004 (4th quarter 2004) with a spherical map (http://www.golemlabs.com/superpower2/screenshots.html).

May I ask if there is any reason to NOT go towards a spherical map if it is something possible? Here, it shows to be possible even for a little company that probably doesn't have 1/10th of Firaxis's budget for its niche game

So my question is pretty specific (since general discussions were discussed over and over): in such a situation, does it mean that there isn't a reason anymore to use anything else than a spherical map in CiV??

[Jon Shafer]

That map isn't tile based, which is the inherant problem.

[Nikolai]

A pretty big problem too, considering what Soren said about the map...

[Max Sinister]

Damn... these screenshots look good.