[Current Affairs x Geography] The "Equal Earth Projection" to be Recommended by the UN! Let's Understand the Differences from the Mercator Projection

In civil service examinations, questions involving "current affairs" intertwined with social sciences, humanities, and ...
Nature

Hello Equal Earth: what the UN’s new world map will change

The UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

Does Texas look smaller on new Equal Earth map?

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to phase out Mercator projections and adopt Equal Earth projections, a change meant to better represent geographic size on maps. The vote came on Sept. 4, ...

5 Things the Mercator Map Gets Wrong

The Mercator map, which most of us grew up with, makes Africa look smaller and Greenland much larger than they are-but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
ArchDaily

UN General Assembly Votes to Promote Equal Earth Projection for More Accurate World Maps

UN General Assembly votes for equal-area projections, encouraging accurate landmass representation in education and mapping.

New world map makes Africa look bigger: what’s the fuss about? Cartographers explain

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...
Yahoo

Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps

A shrunken Africa, a Greenland and a northern Russia that seem to stretch into infinity: that is about to disappear from the maps used by French diplomacy. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced ...