[bnjmn]

This isn't exactly what you asked for, but it seems pretty relevant to your stated interests: https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/voronoi/capitals/

[foota]

My head nearly exploded trying to position the globe in the rotation I wanted :-) Neat though, thanks for sharing!

[rjeli]

Generally with orbit controls you can drag circles with your mouse to roll, taking advantage of the noncommutativity of SO(3)