“America’s opposition is ineffective! The world map projection that has been used for over 400 years was suddenly changed by the United Nations.”

On September 4, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution by an overwhelming majority of 164 votes in favor, 6 abstentions, and 1 against. The resolution encouraged the gradual elimination of the Mercator projection, which had been used for over 400 years, in scenarios where accurate representation of area proportions was required, and the adoption of the “equitable Earth projection.” The purpose of the resolution was to address the issue of severe distortion in the areas such as Greenland caused by the stretching of high-latitude regions using the Mercator projection. It also believed that exaggeration of areas in Africa, South Asia, and other regions reinforced Western cultural hegemony. The United Nations emphasized that the resolution applied only to non-navigation scenarios such as education and public communication, and did not mandate the replacement of航海 or mobile navigation systems. The United States was the only country that voted against the resolution, considering it a waste of time by the United Nations. China currently uses the “equal-spacing parallel polyconic projection,” which balances visual and area representation, so the resolution has little impact on China.