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UN Set to Vote to Scrap Century-Old World Map and 'Shrink' Britain to Combat 'Western Biases'

TL;DR

  • The UN General Assembly is set to vote on a resolution to phase out the Mercator projection map.
  • The Mercator projection distorts the relative sizes of landmasses, making countries far from the Equator appear larger.
  • The Equal Earth design, which shows continents at their true geographical scale, is proposed as a replacement.
  • Togo is sponsoring the resolution, with full backing from all 54 African Union member states.
  • Critics argue the Mercator map reflects Western biases and diminishes the Global South.
  • The campaign calls the Mercator projection "cartographic colonialism."
  • A successful vote could influence school curricula and technology platforms like Google Maps.

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