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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (europe.pub)
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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 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.