UN resolution prompts France to replace Mercator with Eckert IV map

CBS News • 06 sept. 07h29

The UN General Assembly voted to endorse the Equal Earth projection, encouraging its adoption over the traditional Mercator map to more accurately depict Africa and other continents.

euronews.com • 05 sept. 19h12

The French foreign ministry will phase out the Mercator projection in favor of the Eckert IV projection, aligning with a recent UN resolution that promotes more proportionally accurate world maps.

Fox News • 05 sept. 17h48

The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution endorsing the Equal Earth map projection, which shows continents at their true relative sizes, with the United States casting the sole opposing vote.

Al Jazeera • 05 sept. 12h52

The UN General Assembly voted 164-to-1 to encourage the use of the Equal Earth projection, a map that more accurately reflects the size of continents, while the United States opposed the measure.

npr.org • 04 sept. 22h26

The UN General Assembly voted 164-1 to support a resolution promoting equal-area map projections that more accurately depict Africa's size, with the United States the sole dissenting vote.

BBC • 04 sept. 17h26

The UN General Assembly voted to endorse an equal-area world map that more accurately depicts Africa's size, with 164 countries supporting the resolution and the United States voting against it.

CNN • 04 sept. 14h55

The UN General Assembly voted 164-6-1 to endorse the Equal Earth projection, aiming to portray countries’ surface areas more accurately, after a proposal led by African nations.