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UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size | BBC News

7.6K views • 2mo ago
Jeffrey Rogers
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@CEREBRAL.ASSASSIN
@@CEREBRAL.ASSASSINImported2mo ago
Sounds like someone else to me 😂
@thetruthtowisdom
@@thetruthtowisdomImported2mo ago
There’s no problem in smart countries in Asia, Africa and South America. Cuz people there studied Geography fundamentally. They knew that it’s just the size on the map. <br>But the UN knew that there were lots of dumb people in North America who even didn’t know “Which continent is their own country in?” Those dumb people always thought that Greenland is larger than Africa!
@Duplexx93
@@Duplexx93Imported2mo ago
They did this to cover their arses for the IQ map
@richardtbrown756
@@richardtbrown756Imported2mo ago
Another made up degree 🙄
@GTBsg75
@@GTBsg75Imported2mo ago
True Size ??? Not really. True area but ridiculously distorted shape. Africa is now shaped like a turd. The new map is only a Map for Dummies. 😅
@xizilionyizzexeliqer3897
@@xizilionyizzexeliqer3897Imported2mo ago
Look at Italy thats crazy
@heldinugrahasuherman7438
@@heldinugrahasuherman7438Imported2mo ago
Sudah waktunya kita berbincang secara jujur🎉
@lamB4you
@@lamB4youImported2mo ago
Don’t point out sizes…they will feel self conscious and start bullying to compensate for lack.
@freebird264
@@freebird264Imported2mo ago
At this point, the United States could vote against breathing being a basic human right and it wouldn’t surprise mw
@TheZororya
@@TheZororyaImported2mo ago
Moroccan Sahara it’s not Western Sahara so fix yourself
@jimmywashere5931
@@jimmywashere5931Imported2mo ago
Size doesn&#39;t equal importance. Everybody in Africa wants to leave it.
@Chinasucks841
@@Chinasucks841Imported2mo ago
USA should rename Europe to 52nd state!!! Without USA Europe would not exist!!!
@parcomolo256
@@parcomolo256Imported2mo ago
This whole exercise is silly. There is an abundance of map projections to choose from, and that has been the case for centuries. If one projection doesn&#39;t suit your use, then pick another. Involving the UN doesn&#39;t make sense.
@Zainab-u4b8r
@@Zainab-u4b8rImported2mo ago
Using different maps for diplomacy and education can only be a good thing, in my opinion
@MSN1701
@@MSN1701Imported2mo ago
So here a country that illegal invaded Venezuela and yet it&#39;s supported by uk and EU.... people around the world please don&#39;t listen and follow these eu , Uk hypocrites
@bethdfl8823
@@bethdfl8823Imported2mo ago
Who cares. Not going to change anything<br>I have to wonder what they up to now again
@brettbennion3434
@@brettbennion3434Imported2mo ago
Very stupid headline - You do realize that the changes that are being proposed aren’t changing the size of Africa on the map at all right? <br><br>It’s the other countries that are changing size
@StevenEkisa-q6u
@@StevenEkisa-q6uImported2mo ago
Africa main problem is poverty, wars, diseases but not a map problem
@ScamAndSteal
@@ScamAndStealImported2mo ago
so now we can see that it is far too big for a little island like the UK to house these people? Right? Smart journalists will see that and comment about it? Right? <br><br>cant wait to leave, we are pathetic shadow of what we used to be and have stupid people like this informing the youth and regards
@brucewilliams4152
@@brucewilliams4152Imported2mo ago
Good,it needs to be done
@viktorSinkovits
@@viktorSinkovitsImported2mo ago
BBC wait for the politicians verdict to see if they want to show us truth!
@anubizz3
@@anubizz3Imported2mo ago
Just use bloody globe map.... It&#39;s accurate and already used since 1500 and completely eliminated this geo politics BS..
@Davethe-Rave
@@Davethe-RaveImported2mo ago
We all know this about Africa ffs
@Nnennafo
@@NnennafoImported2mo ago
Why is she saying it as though the atual sizes of continents doesn&#39;t matter! Such blantant minimization is laughable
@stephenduffy5406
@@stephenduffy5406Imported2mo ago
So Africa thinks that a larger map presence will mean that they receive more foreign aid?
@jarednovel
@@jarednovelImported2mo ago
The US is a fake power that uses false imagery to project a perception of power, Most of claims around the US and Western power is not based on reality but carefully crafted fake narrative. The West for years has manipulated the world to believe in their fake power based on distorted facts
@juliok85
@@juliok85Imported2mo ago
Since delusioned Trump has been redrawing and renaming the global map, from Lake ONT to Lake America, its right just right for the world to stand up to the bully.
@gaelsomerville5163
@@gaelsomerville5163Imported2mo ago
Not sure Donny understands maps.
@EyerusalemFitwi-5N
@@EyerusalemFitwi-5NImported2mo ago
We need solution
@ancoloco
@@ancolocoImported2mo ago
Looking at how the world is shifting toward far right populism, Africa absolutely needs to gain clarity and set its own path. No more Eurocentric interference. It&#39;s time to build an independent future on our own terms.
@robertluvisia
@@robertluvisiaImported2mo ago
The US thinks replacing the world map to one that accurately reflects the size of Africa is not important but they found it urgent and important to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America while they are at war? Ridiculous
@EyerusalemFitwi-5N
@@EyerusalemFitwi-5NImported2mo ago
Hi gyus
@MDSADANALAM1532
@@MDSADANALAM1532Imported2mo ago
End of Colonial Map.
@speleokeir
@@speleokeirImported2mo ago
All flat maps are inaccurate. A globe is most accurate, but less practical, so which map you use depends on what perspective you want. If you want an idea of relative size then this one makes sense.
@BenWillock
@@BenWillockImported2mo ago
We already have a near-perfect projection with the Dymaxion map.<br>All this new map does is distort and squish the global north and global south to make the equatorial countries look more like how they are.
@Larysa15825
@@Larysa15825Imported2mo ago
Problem solved! And we lived happily ever after 😂 Is it only me watching the human world and thinking: “what a creepy kindergarten”? There are countries that you can’t even see without zooming on the map and people there enjoy great quality of life. But for a man’s world it’s always about who has the bigger one. Disgusting
@yoonmustdie
@@yoonmustdieImported2mo ago
If africa change the name of their continent to trumpfrica or trump&#39;s africa USA will pay several hundred billions to africa and pay for ghe map change down to every penny
@umarabdulazizzz
@@umarabdulazizzzImported2mo ago
Indonesia Becomes Look Much Bigger Now Thank You Togo.
@offleftoffright
@@offleftoffrightImported2mo ago
Why do these western outlets keep framing this as an African issue? what narrative are they trying push? This is about maps showing TRUE size of continents and countries which applies to everything on earth lmao. What the
@lennarthallberg9918
@@lennarthallberg9918Imported2mo ago
BBC, the British version of Al Jazeera. lol
@TroiXuan12
@@TroiXuan12Imported2mo ago
Alright, so what now?
<br>Is Africa magically going to escape from the poverty caused by the supposed racism from a 2D projection of Earth?<br>Literally no other civillizations on Earth go to this absurd extent to gain world recognition. Why not use all of that grandiose ressources to actually develop their economies? Look at Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Poland, Ireland,...
@rjvtechnologies
@@rjvtechnologiesImported2mo ago
its just racism, please explain where is the strait line in a sphere? this is just for the gullible, that within a sphere only European countries can be drawn accurately but not african ones
@NicotineRosberg
@@NicotineRosbergImported2mo ago
All this is common sense by the way especially if you’re well versed or have some knowledge in geography. Not even controversial
@p1mento
@@p1mentoImported2mo ago
164-1
@gramasderae3888
@@gramasderae3888Imported2mo ago
Why does the US sometimes just to have to be a pain..this is fact..Africa is huge
@learnerm3120
@@learnerm3120Imported2mo ago
What does she mean that neither of them is real ?
@GuidoM-v9k
@@GuidoM-v9kImported2mo ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ0DLSaIuUc&amp;t=334">5:34</a> recent US hypocrisy, the only country to vote against this, but create / rename the Gulf of Mexico (America) and Lake Ontario (America)
@robertluvisia
@@robertluvisiaImported2mo ago
Who is surprised America being the only country to vote no? You can&#39;t dispute facts, I bet the orange guy is mad probably because Greenland now looks smaller.
@callumhawkins5873
@@callumhawkins5873Imported2mo ago
Really glad of all the things going on in the world that the UN is prioritising getting the world map size right
@NandaaWongsawat
@@NandaaWongsawatImported2mo ago
ONDE A ONU COLOCA A MÃO PODE ESPERAR QUE VEM MERDA.😂😂😂<br>QUE DIFERENÇA FARÁ AO TERRITÓRIO AFRICANO ISSO, SE A MISERIA E A DESIGUALDADE CONTINUA A MESMA 😏. QUE TRABALHO ESCROTO ISSO. PQP 😅!
@iAMJM27
@@iAMJM27Imported2mo ago
Can’t fault facts 🌍
@segunratingsreviews
@@segunratingsreviewsImported2mo ago
US never saw this coming, trump try to rename one lake to lake America, that is not ideological, isn&#39;t it? Artemis 2 photo obviously show a clear images of the world where Africa is undeniable big, so this is reality check of history, we all know many old knowledge, facts are getting more attention worth to be recheck, for better future and identity
@sadenaike12
@@sadenaike12Imported2mo ago
This new one keeps shape and size . The lady saying shape should have used navigation. When teaching geography history topology size matter if I want to teach navigation the alternate maps are useful .its always good to know that Europeans and USA have oversold their relative size
@donalokeeffe7504
@@donalokeeffe7504Imported2mo ago
About time a proper representation of land mass is corrected.
@Von45Rose
@@Von45RoseImported2mo ago
Clancy needs a brush.
@unclescar5616
@@unclescar5616Imported2mo ago
As an African, I get it. But at the same time I don&#39;t think it&#39;s important.
@WraithBaiter
@@WraithBaiterImported2mo ago
What is wrong with yt folk? Why does it pain you so to give any credence to Africa? What is that? EVERYONE by now knows the true size of Africa, yet you yts want to hold onto your colonial narratives and ideologies. Let it go.
@Bi678gf
@@Bi678gfImported2mo ago
At this point the US government looks absurdly stupid. <br>😂😂😂😂
@Abby-yc7tt
@@Abby-yc7ttImported2mo ago
Interesting how the UN is trying to educate while Trump is just trying to get his name on everything.
@constantselfpromotion
@@constantselfpromotionImported2mo ago
BIG oceans matter more, and africa is far from mexico
@deVryz
@@deVryzImported2mo ago
If Africa actually has THAT much land, why do they all wanna come to wee little tiny Europe?
@Heshhion
@@HeshhionImported2mo ago
We already know the failed continent, we don&#39;t need it bigger..
@publicinrage
@@publicinrageImported2mo ago
Trumpedo&#39;s tiny hands, which never did an honest days work, got very jealous.
@waynehood8836
@@waynehood8836Imported2mo ago
US voted against it. Chump busy getting his marker pen out to sign EO to declare US bigliest country, hoooogeness on levels never seen before
@Sy1mmxxiv
@@Sy1mmxxivImported2mo ago
It has gotten to the stage - if the current administration of the USA says no, the rest of the world says, YES! 😂😂😂😂
@Sutianyou
@@SutianyouImported2mo ago
They have so much resource it is scary, and yet they are so incompetent, they fail across so many basic metrics. Not a single functioning country. Even the tiny mineral rich ones are a complete shambles. It is the people. They are incompetent. The Europeans don&#39;t understand the extent of that incompetence.
@BigNas92
@@BigNas92Imported2mo ago
I hope the internet will be normal about this...
@sapphyrus
@@sapphyrusImported2mo ago
USA #1 rogue state in the world.
@donreeves-r6l
@@donreeves-r6lImported2mo ago
The woman telling the story is a nutter ……
@donreeves-r6l
@@donreeves-r6lImported2mo ago
This BS as the world crumbles into madness ,the UN is a total joke ,so are the people behind this utter crap….
@Arthur-Sh3lby
@@Arthur-Sh3lbyImported2mo ago
Everything is bigger in Africa....BBC
@GG-id1ii
@@GG-id1iiImported2mo ago
Now that we&#39;ve supersized Africa, can we please shrink the US to its real size too (a speck).
@ABSD30062
@@ABSD30062Imported2mo ago
Algeria look like the center of the world
@user-ww4od4jl1f
@@user-ww4od4jl1fImported2mo ago
<b>Don&#39;t blacks and UN-store have bigger problems? Who cares about size on a map?</b><br><b>Don&#39;t blacks and UN-store have bigger problems? Who cares about size on a map?</b><br><b>Don&#39;t blacks and UN-store have bigger problems? Who cares about size on a map?</b>
@christopherkims
@@christopherkimsImported2mo ago
Fairness and justice ❤
@herlandercarvalho
@@herlandercarvalhoImported2mo ago
The US voted against, because it reduced its e-peen size. Not a complicated assessment.
@ElDodochino
@@ElDodochinoImported2mo ago
They need a vote for reality in 2026. It would appear Europeans tend to find African sizes intimidating, not just talking maps
@constantselfpromotion
@@constantselfpromotionImported2mo ago
sooo, uh, no more breaking into tiny overcrowded europe?
@proffessorclueless
@@proffessorcluelessImported2mo ago
What a waste of time and money. Google earth and google maps is all you need.
@talisa222
@@talisa222Imported2mo ago
At last, victory for the Cartographers for Social Equality
@maxkennedy1162
@@maxkennedy1162Imported2mo ago
Completely pointless
@peterchaloner2877
@@peterchaloner2877Imported2mo ago
Isle of Man and Africa ought to be represented as equal in size, being equal in significance.
@lloyd9980
@@lloyd9980Imported2mo ago
Worlds flat tho
@notjustforhackers4252
@@notjustforhackers4252Imported2mo ago
The UN also called out the British government for breaking Article 8 of the human rights act AND the ECHR. No one gave a $hit what the UN said then either.
@BLUEmrFREEZE
@@BLUEmrFREEZEImported2mo ago
Lets just have a proper 1:1 scale of the world map😂
@someblokecalleddave1
@@someblokecalleddave1Imported2mo ago
India, looks a lot smaller than I&#39;ve previously perceived.
@RektuVebeDekhun
@@RektuVebeDekhunImported2mo ago
The old map is correct or close to correct. I don&#39;t understand why the United Nations doesn&#39;t have any mathematicians to advise on the problem with the new map. (comment from a University of West London mathematics student) [A basic understanding of ratios, proportions and the understanding that the circumference of a circle differs is essential when mapping]
@Simulation.C.C
@@Simulation.C.CImported2mo ago
It&#39;s amazing that India has such a small land area compared to other countries, yet has the biggest population number on the planet.
@Zoran_balkan
@@Zoran_balkanImported2mo ago
Don’t tell me that Britain listening what is UN saying except if they have some benefits from that 🤣
@disorganizedorg
@@disorganizedorgImported2mo ago
I&#39;m not sure how useful raw land area is; countries still have irregular shapes and it&#39;s much easier to compare sizes numerically than graphically. Preservation of approximate shape seems slightly useful, but at the sacrifice of direction?<br><br>Do we even really need standard projections now that computers are able to rapidly generate maps with relative size reflecting any of a number of metrics? Especially with updates being digital current population would be more useful than area, especially as areas vary widely in their value.
@DCI_Benway
@@DCI_BenwayImported2mo ago
Curious, will this new map have the silly names trump has given the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario?
@gt0676
@@gt0676Imported2mo ago
For the size of it u think something good would have come out of it but I cannot for the life of me think of 1 thing. Europe is much smaller yet it&#39;s achieved so much more. Unexplainable
@Clouds.417
@@Clouds.417Imported2mo ago
The U.S. seems to be in denial—perhaps no one wants to tell Trump that America looks rather small on the map, while his favourite prospective “51st and 52nd states,” Canada and Greenland, are positively tiny! 😄 Now he may want Africa to be his 51st state!
@lennarthallberg9918
@@lennarthallberg9918Imported2mo ago
The BBC News would have liked even more if the new UN map would have shown the UK as a Muslim state. lol
@Logan69420
@@Logan69420Imported2mo ago
Little Trumpy is more concerned with naming buildings after himself and changing the names of lakes.
@Jhetx
@@JhetxImported2mo ago
And Africa is still corrupt, still backwards, still poor, still being manipulated, still a loser continent. Well done for progress.
@Ryanjones111
@@Ryanjones111Imported2mo ago
This doesn’t change the fact that in Australia there are 48 million kangaroos and in Uruguay there are 3,457,330 inhabitants so if the kangaroos decide to invade Uruguay each Uruguayan will have to fight 14 kangaroos
@Ryanjones111
@@Ryanjones111Imported2mo ago
Most exercise I get these days is shaking my head in disbelief
@Watch360-j9d
@@Watch360-j9dImported2mo ago
Size matters!