ata() {
    countryInfos = await loadJSON('resources/data/world/country-info.json');  /* threejsfundamentals: url */

    const lonFudge = Math.PI * 1.5;
    const latFudge = Math.PI;
    // these helpers will make it easy to position the boxes
    // We can rotate the lon helper on its Y axis to the longitude
    const lonHelper = new THREE.Object3D();
    // We rotate the latHelper on its X axis to the latitude
    const latHelper = new THREE.Object3D();
    lonHelper.add(latHelper);
    // The position h