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UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size(reuters.com)
20 points by pella 19 hours ago | 8 comments
cf100clunk 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

anigbrowl 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

pella 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"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"."

pella 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

sxp 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

xethos 15 hours ago | parent [-]

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)?

sxp 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Earth is round so the map should also be round.

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