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‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias

theguardian.com · 11hShare

Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display Three cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a map they created to more accurately show the sizes of Africa and Europe, even though they have received a few complaints from some disgruntled diplomats. The creators of the Equal Earth projection aimed to provide an alternative to the dominant 16th-century Mercator display, which critics have long faulted for giving the impression that northern hemisphere nations are larger than they are – and therefore subtly reinforcing perceptions of where global strength lies. Continue reading...

First report: Mercator projection won’t disappear entirely despite UN endorsing new world map — independent.co.uk, 2d