The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.
The motion passed overwhelmingly with 164 nations voting in favour, 6 abstentions (Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, ...
It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.
Last week, on 4th September, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an African proposal for a new world map, which shows ...
The UN General Assembly is due to vote on Friday on a proposal to move away from the traditional Mercator projection.
Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new ...
No map is a perfect representation of reality. Any attempt to flatten the globe involves some degree of distortion ...
Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...
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