UN votes to shift from Mercator map to show Africa's true size

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1 h agoThe United Nations on Friday approved a resolution backing a move away from the 16th-century Mercator projection toward maps that more accurately represent countries' actual size. African states sponsored the resolution to counter perceptions that the continent is peripheral.

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