UN adopts major map reform to show true scale of continents

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday for a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that makes their continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe — aiming at “a more accurate representation” of world geography. The resolution was backed by 164 countries while the United States voted against it and six other states abstained. The new map — known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection — “offers a more accurate representation of the sizes of

Source: Dawn