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UN Backs New World Map, Urging Shift from Mercator Projection
The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a new world map, encouraging governments and institutions to replace the 16th-century Mercator projection with the Equal Earth projection. This shift aims to represent continents, particularly Africa, more accurately in terms of size. France's foreign ministry has already begun redrawing its maps, deeming the Mercator projection misleading. The United States was the only country to vote against the UN resolution.
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