The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...

Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global map is intended to better represent the relative sizes of continents and ...

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A world map familiar to generations of students could lose ground under an African-led effort to represent countries and ...

Why the UN’s new world map has upset some countries - India, Japan and Ukraine protest Equal Earth map of world due to disputed territorial claims ...