The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...
The U.S. State Department has apologized for using an incorrectly labeled map of Africa during a presentation at the global AIDS conference in Brazil.
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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 UN General Assembly has adopted the Equal Earth projection to replace the 400-year-old Mercator map, pushing to correct a centuries-old cartographic distortion that severely shrinks the African ...
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