{"id":21383,"date":"2026-09-05T06:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21383"},"modified":"2026-09-05T06:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:39:10","slug":"africa-bigger-us-smaller-un-adopts-new-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21383","title":{"rendered":"Africa bigger, US smaller &#8211; UN adopts new map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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when they present a distorted image of our planet, they risk perpetuating inaccurate representation that is passed down through generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States however slammed the resolution, saying such moves are \u201cthe reason this institution is losing its credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of focusing on genuine problems\u2026 this body is debating map projects from the 16th century and their role in promoting reparations and cognitive justice,\u201d US representative Yaryna Ferencevych said ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Distorted representation\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The Mercator projection focused on accurate depictions of the shapes and angles of land masses, but their relative sizes were often inaccurate \u2014 largely due to the challenge of rendering a three-dimensional globe onto a two-dimensional map.<\/p>\n<p>It inflated northern regions and compressed equatorial ones, making Europe and North America appear much larger, while shrinking Africa and South America.<\/p>\n<p>A group of cartographers launched the Equal Earth projection in 2018.\u00a0It makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania appear much larger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqual Earth preserves the relative surface areas of continents and, as much as possible, shows their shapes as they appear on a globe,\u201d one of the cartographers, Bojan Savric, told AFP in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>France \u2014 which co-sponsored the resolution in support of the new map \u2014 announced Friday that it would abandon the Mercator projection.<\/p>\n<p>In that map, \u201cthe United States, Russia and China take on a disproportionate visual prominence compared to Africa, Latin America or southeast Asia,\u201d while \u201cGreenland appears almost as big as Africa,\u201d Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChanging maps obviously doesn\u2019t change the world,\u201d he said. \u201cBut correcting a distorted representation is already an act of truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initiative comes as France is seeking to improve relations with Africa, particularly in former colonies with which it has prickly ties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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