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联合国大会支持采用能反映非洲真实面积的新世界地图
联合国通过一项不具约束力的决议，敦促各国使用等地球投影法取代沿用数百年的墨卡托投影法，以164票赞成、1票反对（美国）获得通过。
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联合国大会以164票赞成、1票反对、6票弃权的结果通过决议，鼓励会员国采用等地球投影法，取代由16世纪佛兰芒制图师墨卡托开发、目前广泛使用的墨卡托投影法。这项名为“纠正地图”的决议由非洲联盟成员国和巴哈马提出，旨在纠正支持者所称的一项持续数百年、使非洲在视觉上显得比实际面积小的扭曲现象。
墨卡托投影法会放大靠近两极的陆地面积，使得面积大于美国、中国、印度及欧洲大部分地区总和的非洲，在大多数教学和参考地图上显得相对较小。美国是唯一投反对票的国家。该决议不具法律约束力，也不要求任何国家或机构放弃墨卡托投影法，但支持者表示，这标志着该大陆在媒体、教育和政策中呈现方式的一次象征性转变。
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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