NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Equal Earth projection
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Sep 4, 12:08 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Sep 4, 12:08 -0700
“The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa.
The "Correct the Map" resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by African Union (AU) members, passed with the support of 164 nations, including France and the UK. The United States was the only nation to vote against it - and there were six abstentions.
The Mercator map, which has been in common use since the 16th Century, has come in for criticism as it shows Africa as similar in size to Greenland, even though it is 14 times larger.” (BBC 4Sep2026)
Is this the end of traditional Navigation as the NavList Community knows it? ‘Discuss.’ DaveP
