(2024-01-15, 23:05)Toby Nelson Wrote: No I don't think that's right. The top of the cylinder should be at the top of the sphere (at the north pole). And the bottom of the cylinder should be at the bottom of the sphere.
If the texture were an actual Mercator projection of the globe, then you would be correct. However, it clearly isn't, so either the texture needs to be regenerated, or the places it gets mapped to need to be adjusted. My adjustments lead to an image that (IMO) closely matches the actual part.