The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.
The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.
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UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size
The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.
For generations, millions have viewed world maps that dramatically underrepresent Africa's true size. A recent United Nations ...
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday (local time) adopted an African Union-backed resolution titled 'Correct the Map', calling for more accurate and equitable cartographic representation of ...
The UN is in favour of changing the traditional world map to one that shows Africa occupying rather more space than it ...
Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.
France is redrawing its world map: deeming the Mercator projection misleading, the foreign ministry will drop it in favour of a map that better reflects actual continental sizes, especially Africa. Vi ...
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