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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (programming.dev)
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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Not on iOS anymore but when you zoomed out on Apple Maps it became a globe. Not sure if that's still true or I remember incorrectly and am confused with a 3rd party map, but that would be best on screens imo.

[–] MacAttak8@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Just checked. Apple Maps still zooms out into the globe on iOS

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Nice, i didn't like Apple Maps for navigation but i did really appreciate the design of things. They had 3d maps quite early in the city I live in and I really liked that too. Props to Apple for that.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

Google Maps zooms out to Mars.

Why? I don’t know.