{
  "id": 8199642,
  "title": "‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/a-map-is-never-neutral-meet-the-cartographers-who-took-on-centuries",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T05:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/sep/18/map-cartographers-western-bias-mercator-equal-earth"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display Three cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a map they created to more accurately show the sizes of Africa and Europe, even though they have received a few complaints from some disgruntled diplomats. The creators of the Equal Earth…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}