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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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UN General Assembly Endorses a New World Map That Shows More Accurately Africa's Size

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

It is not legally binding and it "in no way challenges the use of the Mercator projection for maritime and aerial navigation, for which it remains fully suited," the Togolese ministry said in a statem...

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U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map

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UN General Assembly votes to replace traditional map

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VN stemt over grote wijziging van de wereldkaart zoals wij ze kennen

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

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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 ...