The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

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The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

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The United Nations will vote Friday to adopt a new map of the world meant to make the countries appear more true to size than on the map we use today.

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

The countries are not opposed to a new map per se; they’re testy about the colour shades.

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.