{"id":"3137f01c-8f30-48da-a312-a2ee7b8b2bf7","url":"http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/05/paris-drops-mercator-projection-france-now-looks-smaller-on-world-maps","domain":"euronews.com","outlet":{"name":"Euronews","country":null,"cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"Paris drops Mercator projection: France now looks smaller on world maps","plainHeadline":"France abandons Mercator projection in favor of Eckert IV.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["France's Foreign Ministry will stop using the Mercator projection for diplomacy.","The Eckert IV projection is adopted to reflect continents' true proportions.","UN General Assembly also moved toward Equal Earth projection for maps.","France joins Africa and others in promoting more accurate world maps.","The change does not ban Mercator, but encourages equal-area maps in official use."],"topics":["Politics","Environment"],"lang":"fra","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T15:16:31.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-05T15:57:39.578Z","story":null}