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Majelis Umum PBB Dukung Peta Dunia Baru yang Menunjukkan Ukuran Sebenarnya Afrika
PBB mengadopsi resolusi tidak mengikat yang mendorong penggunaan proyeksi Equal Earth menggantikan peta Mercator yang telah berusia berabad-abad, disahkan dengan 164 suara setuju berbanding 1 suara menentang dari Amerika Serikat.
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Majelis Umum PBB memberikan suara 164 berbanding 1, dengan enam abstain, untuk mendorong negara-negara anggota mengadopsi proyeksi peta Equal Earth alih-alih proyeksi Mercator yang banyak digunakan, yang dikembangkan pada abad ke-16 oleh kartografer Flandria Gerardus Mercator. Resolusi "Correct the Map" ini diajukan oleh negara-negara anggota Uni Afrika dan Bahama, bertujuan mengatasi apa yang disebut para pendukungnya sebagai distorsi berusia berabad-abad yang secara visual mengecilkan Afrika dibandingkan ukuran sebenarnya.
Proyeksi Mercator memperbesar daratan yang lebih dekat ke kutub, membuat Afrika -yang lebih besar dari gabungan Amerika Serikat, China, India, dan sebagian besar Eropa- tampak relatif kecil pada sebagian besar peta sekolah dan referensi. Amerika Serikat menjadi satu-satunya negara yang menolak resolusi tersebut. Langkah ini tidak mengikat secara hukum dan tidak mewajibkan negara atau lembaga mana pun untuk meninggalkan proyeksi Mercator, tetapi para pendukungnya mengatakan ini menandai pergeseran simbolis dalam cara benua tersebut direpresentasikan dalam media, pendidikan, dan kebijakan.
Key facts
- The UN General Assembly voted 164-1, with six abstentions, to encourage adoption of the Equal Earth map projection
- The resolution was sponsored by African Union member states and the Bahamas
- The United States was the sole vote against the resolution
- The resolution is nonbinding and does not require any country to abandon the Mercator projection
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