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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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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I didn't say they don't use projections, I just said they don't use world maps. Localized maps are much easier to achieve accuracy of both distance and direction

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Hence the clarification! They do use world map projections. I don't think they have to, but do for efficiency? Not an expert.