Developer builds SVG globe where each country can be pulled out as a separate plate

A developer has created an interactive web globe in which every country is a distinct, movable object rather than a flat texture on a sphere. Users can drag to rotate the globe, click to lift a country out of its socket, or use a button to separate the entire map and let it settle back. Large countries such as Canada, the United States, and Pakistan split further into their states or provinces, which load on demand. The project is built with SVG and projection math rather than WebGL or canvas, with plates depth-sorted each frame, and it uses Natural Earth's public-domain outlines.