As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and ...
The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 to drop 500 year old Mercator world maps on September 4 2026. The UN assembly urged ...
Every flat map sacrifices some geographical properties. Equal Earth preserves relative land area, while Mercator's ...
The United Nations has voted to replace the current world map with a new one following backlash from campaign groups ...
The General Assembly backs a Togo-led push that encourages the use of maps that more accurately represent the size of ...
Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.
The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...
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How big is Africa really? Why the UN voted to change the world map
The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.
General Assembly has approved a resolution encouraging the world to move away from the centuries-old Mercator map projection.
World maps can be seen as instruments through which dominant powers exercise their influence. That is why the United Nations’ ...
As part of a movement led by the African Union, Paris announced on Friday that it will abandon the Mercator projection to ...
The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS) has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a ...
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