UN adopts major map reform to show true scale of continents
- Posted on September 4, 2026
- By Dawn
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UN adopts major map reform to show true scale of continents
The widely-used Mercator projection inflated northern regions and compressed equatorial ones, making Europe and North America appear much larger, while shrinking Africa and South America.
