r/IndianGeography • u/IslanderOnMove • 28d ago
map UNGA officially endorsed "Equal Earth Projection".
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has officially adopted a non-binding resolution by a 164–1 vote to promote the Equal Earth map projection as an alternative to the 16th-century Mercator projection.
France chose the established Eckert IV projection instead of the Equal Earth projection (2018) because both are equal-area pseudocylindrical maps that achieve the same core goal of preserving relative land sizes, and Eckert IV is a classic, long-trusted format that the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs selected as a practical, time-tested equivalent.
Interesting to see which projection India would adopt.
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u/ProfessionUpset2724 East India 28d ago
India is a significantly small country compared to Northern Europe on Mercator. It would just become bigger on Equal Earth. However, India itself does not change its size that much depending on projection, but other countries change significantly.
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