The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.
Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.
A world map familiar to generations of students could lose ground under an African-led effort to represent countries and continents in their correct relative proportions. The United Nations General ...
However, the Mercator map comes with the trade-off of showing inaccurate sizes for continents. Landmasses become artificially enlarged the farther they are from the Earth’s equator, which leads to ...
Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display ...
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New world map makes Africa look bigger – What’s the fuss about? Cartographers explain
The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses.
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