The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

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It makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

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Mercator maps distorted Africa for centuries. A U.N. vote asks the world to see the continent closer to its actual size. The U.S. was lone 'no' vote.

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

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