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See the brand new world map approved by the United Nations – and how it makes Earth look radically different
the-sun.com · 5d
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THE United Nations has passed a resolution to adopt a new world map that would more accurately represent nations' sizes. The new map is aimed at correcting Africa's size on the map, which has historically been underrepresented. The UN is getting rid of the Mercator map and implementing a new Equal Earth projection. The widely-used...
First report: UN adopts new world map with smaller US, larger Africa — cphpost.dk, 8d
The coverage
- Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
arstechnica.com · 5d
- Correcting the world map is a good idea – but this UN resolution doesn’t make the case
thenationalnews.com · 5d
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