Finally! The UN is fixing the world map (Africa deserved better 🌍)

07 Eyl 12:00

Okay this is actually kinda wild if you think about it. Apparently the UN voted to adopt a new world map that actually shows Africa's real size instead of the Mercator projection nonsense we've all been staring at since school. Anyone else feel personally victimized by every geography class ever? 😂 But seriously though - how did we go this long with Greenland looking like it's the same size as Africa when it's not even close? This has been bugging cartographers for years and finally something's being done about it on an official level. Curious what you all think - does this actually matter in practice, or is it just symbolic? Like, will this change how maps look in textbooks, apps, Google Maps, etc.? Or is it one of those things where the UN votes on it and then everyone just... keeps using the old map because changing stuff is hard? Also low-key wondering if this opens up a can of worms with every other continent that got shortchanged too. Thoughts?