🌎 UN Adopts New World Map to Show Global
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Times Now · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
The UN general assembly has voted 164 to 1 to retire the centuries-old Mercator map in favor of the more accurate Equal Earth projection. The Mercator map has long made Africa look similar in size to Greenland, when it is actually 14 times larger. , World News, Times Now
Key points
- The UN general assembly has voted 164 to 1 to retire the centuries-old Mercator map in favor of the more accurate Equal Earth projection.
- The Mercator map has long made Africa look similar in size to Greenland, when it is actually 14 times larger.
- , World News, Times Now
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