UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

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pella•about 1 hour ago

https://x.com/MtnMapper/status/2095926090074034349

cf100clunk•about 5 hours ago

From the article: ''United States was the only country to vote against''

anigbrowl•about 4 hours ago

Accuracy is too 'ideological' now. Sic transit gloria mundi.

pella•about 5 hours ago

"The United States, the only country to vote against the resolution, said it promoted an "ideological agenda" and was a distraction from the "genuine problems of international peace, prosperity or good relations"."

sxp•about 3 hours ago

Booo...they should have gone with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollweide_projection

xethos•about 2 hours ago

I mean, flipping back and forth between Mollweide and Equal-Earth (what they went with), I see only minor differences, with distortion seemingly favouring Equal-Earth. What's the rationale for having such a strong preference, especially as either is such an improvement over the current map (which has it's principle advantage being for sailing between continents, which isn't exactly the most common use-case)?

UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

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