> Apart that the earth is a sphere and ocean tiles are large pieces
> of terrain where the curvature is quite apparent, how whould you
> define flat ? 

'flat' = 'For any visibility we can actually render, the normal (before wave 
noise) is (0,0,1) in model space to such a good approximation that you won't 
spot the difference to the actual normal including earth curvature if I show 
you a picture.'

Cheers,

* Thorsten
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