diff --git a/web/client/components/map/cesium/Map.jsx b/web/client/components/map/cesium/Map.jsx
index 016f1de607..a0f1f8ffc6 100644
--- a/web/client/components/map/cesium/Map.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/map/cesium/Map.jsx
@@ -334,15 +334,7 @@ class CesiumMap extends React.Component {
     };
 
     getZoomFromHeight = (height) => {
-        let distance = height;
-        // when camera is tilted we could compute the height as the distance between the camera point of view and the viewed point on the map
-        // the viewed point or target is computed as the intersection of an imaginary vector based on the camera direction (ray) and the globe surface
-        // if the camera is orthogonal to the globe distance should match the height so this computation is still valid
-        const target = this.map.scene.globe.pick(new Cesium.Ray(this.map.camera.position, this.map.camera.direction), this.map.scene);
-        if (target) {
-            distance = Cesium.Cartesian3.distance(target, this.map.camera.position);
-        }
-        return Math.log2(this.props.zoomToHeight / distance) + 1;
+        return Math.log2(this.props.zoomToHeight / height) + 1;
     };
 
     getHeightFromZoom = (zoom) => {