▲ 783 ▼ Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (programming.dev) submitted 2 months ago by Orwi@programming.dev to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 228 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli
[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Because Mercator projection makes the USA look bigger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago And Africa smaller permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago And Africa smaller permalink fedilink source parent
