History & culturePadatikREVISED: পৃথিবীর সব মানচিত্র ভুল! সামনে আসলো সঠিক মানচিত্র, | UN Votes for Equal Earth World Map
REVISED: পৃথিবীর সব মানচিত্র ভুল! সামনে আসলো সঠিক মানচিত্র, | UN Votes for Equal Earth World Map
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Published Oct 7, 2026, 2:00 AM · 1w ago
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Description
The UN Just Changed the World Map: 164-1 Vote Exposes Africa's True Size
Why the UN Voted to Ban the Mercator Map (And Why the US Said No)
The World Map Has Been a Lie: UN Officially Adopts Equal Earth Projection
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For centuries, classrooms, textbooks, and navigation apps have relied on the 1569 Mercator map. While useful for sea navigation, it severely distorts landmasses farther from the equator—making Europe, North America, and Greenland appear colossal while dramatically shrinking Africa and the Global South. On a Mercator map, Greenland looks roughly equal in size to Africa, even though Africa is actually 14 times larger.
Now, the UN has backed the 2018 Equal Earth projection to present nations at their true, proportional scale. In this video, we break down:
Why 164 nations united behind this resolution.
Why Washington was the only nation to vote against it.
The real physical scale of Africa—large enough to comfortably fit the US, China, India, Japan, and most of Europe combined.
What this historic shift means for schools, technology giants, and global geopolitics.
Timestamps
– The Historic UN Resolution (164 vs 1)
– The Flaw in Mercator's 1569 Map
– The Myth of Greenland vs. Africa
– How Togo & the African Union Fought Back (#CorrectTheMap)
– Why the US Voted "No"
– Meet the "Equal Earth" Projection
– Africa’s True Geographic Scale
– What Happens to Google Maps & School Textbooks?
Key Highlights
The Vote: 164 countries voted in favor, 6 abstained (Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine), and 1 voted against (United States).
Equal Representation: The Equal Earth projection, developed in 2018, preserves relative land area while retaining recognizable continental shapes.
True Scale: Africa spans over 30 million square kilometers—vastly larger than conventional wall maps have taught generations of students.
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Details
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026, 2:00 AM
- Length
- 16:59 (1,019 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- Education
- Audio language
- BN-IN
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- 7RW5wJzmW6Y
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