void draw_curve(unsigned i, ezgl::renderer &g, float x1, float x2, float y1, float y2) {

    int numCurvePoints = getInfoStreetSegment(i).curvePointCount;

    //if the street segment has curve points you must draw line from curve point to vruve point
    if (numCurvePoints > 0) {

        //gets the first curve point
        LatLon curve = getStreetSegmentCurvePoint(0, i);

        //X and Y coordinates for the curve point
        float pointX = x_from_lon(curve.lon());
        float pointY = y_from_lat(curve.lat());

        //draws the line from the from point to first curve point
        g.draw_line({x1, y1},
        {
            pointX, pointY
        });

        //iterates through all the curve points and draws the lines from all the inbetween curve points
        for (int j = 0; j < numCurvePoints - 1; j++) {

            //first curve point
            LatLon fromPoint = getStreetSegmentCurvePoint(j, i);

            //second curve point
            LatLon toPoint = getStreetSegmentCurvePoint(j + 1, i);

            //X and Y coordinates of the curve points
            float fromPointX = x_from_lon(fromPoint.lon());
            float fromPointY = y_from_lat(fromPoint.lat());
            float toPointX = x_from_lon(toPoint.lon());
            float toPointY = y_from_lat(toPoint.lat());
            //draw from point to the next point
            g.draw_line({fromPointX, fromPointY},
            {
                toPointX, toPointY
            });
        }

        //after drawing all the curve points in between this draws from the last curve point to the "to" point
        curve = getStreetSegmentCurvePoint(numCurvePoints - 1, i);

        //X and Y coordinates for the last curve point
        pointX = x_from_lon(curve.lon());
        pointY = y_from_lat(curve.lat());
        g.draw_line({pointX, pointY},
        {
            x2, y2
        });
    }        //if there are no curve points just draw a straight line
    else if (numCurvePoints == 0) {
        g.draw_line({x1, y1},
        {
            x2, y2
        });

    }
    //THIS WAS THE PREVIOUS METHOD
    //    for (std::multimap<unsigned, curves_info>::iterator it_curve = curvesMap.begin(); it_curve != curvesMap.end(); it_curve++) {
    //            g.set_color(ezgl::WHITE);
    //            g.set_line_width(1);
    //            g.draw_line({it_curve->second.before_x, it_curve->second.before_y},
    //            {
    //                it_curve->second.curve_x, it_curve->second.curve_y
    //            });
    //
    //            if (it_curve->second.curved_point_index == segments[it_curve->first].info.curvePointCount - 1) {
    //                g.draw_line({it_curve->second.curve_x, it_curve->second.curve_y},
    //                {
    //                    it_curve->second.after_x, it_curve->second.after_y
    //                });
    //
    //            }
    //        }

}