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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (programming.dev)

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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know, I find this map to be incredibly intuitive. It shows the reality of living on a sphere, and really emphasizes a lot of the logistics of navigating the oceans. I think there's a huge amount of potential with this projection

[–] Dentzy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Fair. I don't agree, but I see were you are coming from and you are not really wrong, so 🤝