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‘Still have land to spare’: US was only country to reject UN vote to replace 16th-century world map we know, calling the resolution ‘superfluous’

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UN backs effort to drop Mercator map and show size of Africa more accurately

The United Nations voted on Saturday for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting the true size of countries.

Radio France Internationale

UN General Assembly endorses a new world map that shows more accurately Africa's size

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately

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UN ditches Mercator map to adopt more accurate one reflecting Africa's true size

The UN General Assembly on Friday voted to shift away from the 16th-century Mercator map, designed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator, for a more accurate one reflecting the true size of continents. The resolution, spearheaded by several African countries and co-sponsored by France, was backed by 164 countries. The US…

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France drops Mercator maps as Africa pushes for truer world view

France will stop using maps based on the traditional Mercator projection, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced on Friday – backing an African push for a more accurate representation of the continent.

Radio France Internationale

Afternoon Update: EV sales outpace petrol cars; workers found alive in Nepal; and illiterate boyfriend tests

More than 27,000 electric vehicles were sold in August, surpassing both petrol (nearly 26,000) and diesel (23,600)

The Guardian - AU

UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

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Is it time to redraw our maps?

From migration to ecology, new knowledge makes new cartographic demands

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Campaigners want to change the world map to show Africa is bigger

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it seem smaller

The Independent UK

Africa is much bigger than you think. Here’s how you’ve been misled

A world map drawn in the 1500s is to blame

The Independent UK

‘US, China, India can all fit into Africa’: On a quest to fix the world map

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Al Jazeera

Lost your sense of direction? Turn off your phone and you’ll soon reconnect

Tech giants said today’s digital native kids would be the first generation who would not know what it meant to get lost. But is that a good thing?

The Guardian - UK

Should the world map be more realistic? We ask an expert

Geography professor Donald Houston on why the 16th-century projection that exaggerates the western world and diminishes the size of Africa is misleading

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