It makes Africa bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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How big is Africa really? Why the UN voted to change the world map
The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.
UN General Assembly backed the Equal Earth world map with 164 votes. The projection aims to show continent sizes more accurately than the traditional Mercator map.
The Mercator map that is now most familiar distorts the size of Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania and inflates ...
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