{
  "id": 8077433,
  "title": "How do you make a map? The problem of flattening the Earth and why the UN is abandoning Mercator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/how-do-you-make-a-map-the-problem-of-flattening-the-earth-and-why-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T18:49:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais English",
    "slug": "el-pais-english",
    "url": "https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-09-17/how-do-you-make-a-map-the-problem-of-flattening-the-earth-and-why-the-un-is-abandoning-mercator.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "No map is a perfect representation of reality. Any attempt to flatten the globe involves some degree of distortion",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}