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

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

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 ...

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

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

It is the culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups to reject 'cartographic colonialism'.

The countries are not opposed to a new map per se; they’re testy about the colour shades.

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 ...

The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view and is ...