France to abandon 'distorted' Mercator map projection: minister
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welingelichtekringen.nlNEW YORK (ANP) - Member states of the United Nations want a switch to world maps that better depict the true extent of Africa, among other regions. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution criticizing the widely used Mercator projection....
Paris co-sponsored this Friday at the UN a resolution by Togo and the African Union to put the continents back on their right scale.
France to abandon 'distorted' Mercator map projection: minister
The Mercator projection, named after a 16th century Flemish cartographer, gives too much prominence to Russia, the United States and the Danish island territory of Greenland at the expense of Africa and southeast Asia, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said. France is now co-sponsoring a text to be put forward at the United Nations by Togo and the African Union. The foreign ministry "will abandon the Mercator projection in favour of map represen…
The Quai d'Orsay wants to abandon maps using Mercator's projection, considering that this representation of the world contributes to visually overvaluing certain powers to the detriment of other regions, notably Africa, announced Friday the head of French diplomacy Jean-Noël Barrot.
Because the Earth is spherical, and the maps are flat, any representation of the world inevitably involves compromises. France announced Friday that it officially renounces the Mercator projection, one of the most...
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