UN backs Equal Earth map to reveal Africa's true size
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The UN General Assembly backed a non-binding push to replace the Mercator projection with the Equal Earth map, with 164 countries in favor, the United States against, and six abstentions; the resolution argues the new projection more accurately shows Africa’s true size and hopes governments and institutions adopt it, a move France welcomed by abandoning Mercator.
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- What different world maps get right - and what they get wrong BBC
- UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different cnn.com
- The U.N. backed a map that shows Africa true to size. The U.S. was sole objector. The Washington Post
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