The United Nations has approved a resolution supporting the use of world maps that accurately represent the true geographical size of the African continent. Traditional cartography has long relied on the 16th-century Mercator projection, which distorts landmasses by exaggerating the scale of regions near the poles while shrinking landmasses closer to the equator, such as Africa. The newly adopted measure urges educational institutions, governments, and international bodies to implement equal-area map projections that eliminate these historical visual distortions and display the accurate scale of global landmasses.
- The United Nations endorsed a resolution encouraging the adoption of maps depicting Africa’s actual geographic proportions.
- Standard world maps based on the Mercator projection significantly inflate northern landmasses, making regions like North America and Europe appear larger than Africa.
- In physical reality, Africa covers over 30 million square kilometers and possesses a greater land area than China, the United States, India, and most of Europe combined.
- The resolution seeks to promote equal-area cartographic models across international diplomacy, media, and school curriculums to rectify persistent geographical misconceptions.
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Truth isn't idealogical agenda. We want factual information.
I was always taught that Africa is the largest continent and I never saw Africa as small and I am very happy with the fact that finally people will now get a more realistic view of the scale of our beautiful world… Congratulations to the African continent for finally being mapped accurately – This new map is eye opening and I truly Love this for Africa !!
I'm proud of them for solving the biggest problem their continent has ever had.
Of course, the united states oposes, now, lake America is too small to recognize. Hahaha.
It doesn't highligh Africa's size. It's a more accurate representation.
"Mrs. Obama, I've done it. I've stopped racism"
– Skipper
And US is the only how not like the idea.. 😅
Luckily, having a president who changes long established names of geographic features on a whim using a crayon and publishing that in a TikTok video isn't damaging the reputation of his country… 😂
Truth is not an agenda! WTF
I reject the far left social engineering agenda
No one’s interested in what you say America.
We have been told for years this was a conspiracy look kids this was true like all they call conspiracy
There is no way to create an accurate map of a sphere in 2D.
Annalena 360. Wondered where she'd got to.
LOL….its just new Map but still US rejected it… luckily they cannot vetoed on it
"Losing legitimacy". Spoken like a true Empire.
This is a bit silly. The world wasn't stuck with the Mercator map. There are several equal-area map projections, and they have been in general use for decades.
as an American. I stand with the majority of the world.
This is window dressing distracting people from the actual problems affecting our world. Ignore these systemic problems over there, here, look at this pretty map I just drew. What a joke.
Rest of the world: Let's use a more accurate map
USA: we prefer misinformation
Wow this is going to fix all of Africa's problems. Yes we know Africa. We know it too well.
Thanks for including 1:10 – I wondered why. That 'contribution' is absolutely astonishing. WTAF?
G. Mercator (1512–1594) was a Flemish (Belgian) cartographer.
His work was extremely valuable to seafarers at the time, but is now completely outdated, particularly when it comes to depicting the correct proportions of the continents.
Everything about this video is enjoyable.
Thank goodness. A 500 year old map is dumb. An accurate map is the smart way to go.
Whether they vote against it or not, nothing changes. Countries with money will print the new map; countries without money won’t. The UN resolution is just paper. And if Africa wants a bigger map, they should pay more. If America gets drawn smaller, the U.S. will simply pay less. That’s how real budgets work — not UN fantasies.
Why does it matter how big a country is?
New Zealand is small but took great pride in being ( I think #10 ) in the world's beer consumption.
End Systemic White Supremacy!
US is losing its credibility