New DelhiMercator renders Greenland the size of Africa.
The map fix meant to correct that distortion instead triggered a border dispute.
The Assembly adopted the Equal Earth projection 164-1, but it draws Kashmir inside China and Pakistan’s borders.
India demands its official map prevail, while Pakistan calls the claim baseless.
How each outlet framed it
- Hindustan Times
- India conditions UN map vote support on Kashmir sovereignty depiction, claims Equal Earth misrepresents northern borders
Sources: Hindustan Times