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UN approves new world map reflecting Africa’s true size — US is only country to object
Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.
The common Mercator projection map distorts the size of continents, making Africa appear much smaller than it is. The United Nations General Assembly voted to encourage the use of maps that more ...
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The United Nations on ‌Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries' true size, a resolution ...
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