Biggest CHANGE in 50 Years: A New World Map - UN Equal Earth Map #shorts
Episode Title: Biggest CHANGE in 50 Years: A New World Map - UN Equal Earth Map #shorts Produced by: FactTechz Description: UN Backs Equal-Area World Maps in 164–1 Vote The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution encouraging wider use of world maps that display continents according to their correct relative area. The “Correct the Map” resolution received 164 votes in favour, one against and six abstentions. The United States cast the only opposing vote. Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine abstained. India supported the resolution while maintaining that its vote did not alter its position on the territorial status of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Introduced by Togo with support from the African Union, the resolution promotes equal-area projections such as Equal Earth. Supporters argue that the commonly used Mercator projection makes Europe, North America and Greenland appear disproportionately large while reducing the visual si...