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looorg [soylentnews.org] writes:

It's a whole new world. Or at least the UN has now voted asking it's members to adopt a new world map projection. Dropping the classic Mercator projection for the newer Equal Earth projection.

The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.

In a session at its headquarters in New York, the UN general assembly officially retired the 16th-century Mercator projection in favour of one based on the more accurate 2018 Equal Earth design.

At the session, 164 countries voted in favour of the resolution. Only the US voted no, with its representative saying the resolution was “superfluous”. There were six abstentions.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa [theguardian.com]

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