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UN votes to adopt new world map showing Africa's true size

UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size

The United Nations has voted to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects countries’ true sizes, a resolution sponsored by African states to right a centuries-old wrong.

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UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

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The U.N. backed a map that shows Africa true to size. The U.S. was sole objector.

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An old geopolitical distortion corrected

The United Nations has adopted the Equal Earth projection, correcting centuries of map distortion.

cnbctv18 · 19h

UN-backed proposed world map must depict J-K, Ladakh as per India's official map: MEA

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UN map resolution explained: Why India voted yes but rejected any change to J&K, Ladakh depiction

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U.N. approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa’s true size

The resolution promotes the Equal Earth projection as a more accurate representation of the world’s continents.

rediff.com · 1d

India, 163 other nations back UN's 'Correct the World map' move; US opposes

ThePrint · 1d

India votes in favour of UNGA resolution endorsing new world map

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Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would recognize it today, from their classroom walls and navigation apps.

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Sizing up Africa: The AU vs the Gerardus Mercator map standard

There is an episode in The West Wing television series in which White House press spokesperson CJ Craig meets a delegation of cartographers, who explain that the standard world map — a Mercator projection — must be replaced. Instead, the US should ...