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What the world map REALLY looks like
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Honduras Turns Lasers on Copán’s Hidden Maya Past Before More History Disappears
19+ hour, 33+ min ago (898+ words) Colombian Informant Escapes Prison and Exposes Justice’s Crooked Moral Theater A drone survey at Copán in Honduras will seek hidden Maya structures and assess damage from farming and construction. Behind the search lies a harder question about whose history gets…...
New world map won’t replace ‘Mercator projection’ entirely - here’s why
14+ hour, 26+ min ago (693+ words) The Equal Earth projection was developed by cartographers and is a popular choice among map-makers since it was unveiled in 2018 The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the…...
Equal Earth Map Challenges the Traditional Mercator Projection - Current Affairs Usthadian Academy
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1050+ words) Equal Earth Map Challenges the Traditional Mercator Projection: The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution supporting greater use of the Equal Earth projection instead of relying heavily on the centuries-old Mercator projection. The Togo-led resolution received support from…...
UN General Assembly supports abandoning the Mercator projection
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (284+ words) UA.NEWS UN General Assembly supports abandoning the Mercator projection The United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States, supported a resolution on gradually abandoning the traditional Mercator projection for world maps in favor of the Equal Earth projection,…...
Correct the Map
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (755+ words) By Siba Sankar Sahu A map is never merely a picture of the Earth. It is an argument about how the Earth should be seen. This argument has acquired fresh relevance after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution…...
New UN map corrects Eurocentrism and centres the Pacific - ABC Pacific
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (178+ words) The United Nations has voted to adopt a new map, the Equal Earth maps will replace the almost ubiquitous Mercator maps. The Equal Earth projections corrects inaccuracies such as a larger North America, Europe and Greenland against a smaller Africa,…...
Europe map looks smaller on UN-backed Equal Earth projection
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (327+ words) The UN-backed Equal Earth projection makes a Europe map appear smaller compared with the familiar Mercator view, the United Nations and multiple outlets reported after a General Assembly vote. On 4 September 2026 the General Assembly “backed the Equal Earth map projection,…...