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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.
The United Nations General Assembly is voting Friday on whether to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true ...
The resolution, led by Togo and supported by the African Union, was passed by a huge majority of 164 votes to one, with six ...
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, ...
Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding ...
The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...
Aimed at "a more accurate representation" of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries while the ...
Why is the UN considering a new World map? Learn how Equal Earth could correct Mercator distortions and better show the true ...
Maps have been in the news of late, largely because of the forelock-tugging pusillanimity shown by Google and Apple in ...
Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland ...
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