diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue
index c6d8ed176..b18151d78 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-language-families.vue
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     map.value.addControl(new FullscreenToggleControl(profileRoot.value), 'bottom-right')
   }
   map.value.on('load', async () => {
+    // The constructor's projection:'mercator' is only a request: on Mapbox the style's own projection
+    // (globe) wins, so the map booted as a globe while this view's state and button said Mercator, and
+    // the first "Switch to Globe" click did nothing (rega, C2). The style is ready here, on both
+    // engines, so apply the state to the map.
+    setProjectionFor(map.value, projection.value)
     try {
       // Shift logical center right of the 380px legend so the globe / pin
       // density isn't hidden behind the column.
diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-religion.vue b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-religion.vue
index 715d611c0..98a81432b 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-religion.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-religion.vue
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     map.value.addControl(new FullscreenToggleControl(profileRoot.value), 'bottom-right')
   }
   map.value.on('load', async () => {
+    // The constructor's projection:'mercator' is only a request: on Mapbox the style's own projection
+    // (globe) wins, so the map booted as a globe while this view's state and button said Mercator, and
+    // the first "Switch to Globe" click did nothing (rega, C2). The style is ready here, on both
+    // engines, so apply the state to the map.
+    setProjectionFor(map.value, projection.value)
     try {
       // Legend now sits top-left under the search bar (~320px wide). Shift the
       // logical center right of that column so the world / globe isn't drawn
diff --git a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue
index b20473208..47a0e2c2e 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/pplr-data-maps/src/views/pplr-rop-tree.vue
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   treeData.value = await treeResp.json()
 
   map.value.on('load', async () => {
+    // The constructor's projection:'mercator' is only a request: on Mapbox the style's own projection
+    // (globe) wins, so the map booted as a globe while this view's state and button said Mercator, and
+    // the first "Switch to Globe" click did nothing (rega, C2). The style is ready here, on both
+    // engines, so apply the state to the map.
+    setProjectionFor(map.value, projection.value)
     try {
       // Globe centering: shift the map's logical center right of the legend
       // so the globe doesn't render beneath the 380px legend column.