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India votes for UN resolution on more accurate world map
India has backed a UN resolution aimed at enhancing the accuracy of global cartography. This initiative seeks to address long-standing distortions in landmass representation, particularly those stemming from the traditional Mercator projection. While supporting equal area projections, India has highlighted the importance of maintaining technological neutrality in the selection of map projections, steering clear of endorsing particular styles.
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cnn.com
UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different | CNN
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a…
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dawn.com
UN adopts major map reform to show true scale of continents
The widely-used Mercator projection inflated northern regions and compressed equatorial ones, making Europe and North America appear much larger, while shrinking Africa and South…
