What does this button on the geoscape in Mission Control do

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When viewing the geoscape in Mission Control, there's a button in the bottom left that seems to toggle the map between the normal view, and a digital-looking blue view.

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Does this have any effect other than pretty colors?

Best Answer

It makes the globe display some situation room data like the panic level of the council nations - for example, there's some yellow in the south-east of the globe in that screenshot (Brazil), that would seem to indicate some medium panic levels.