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

The UN has endorsed a new world map using the Equal Earth projection. See how the map compares and why Africa gains the most relative size.

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look ...

The new map is intended to reduce geographic distortions in educational materials, public communications and data ...

The U.S. was the only nation to oppose a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa and other regions.

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.

Maps “really are a time capsule of how that cartographer saw the world,” said Tony Rodono, owner of The Map Shop, based in ...

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

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

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to endorse a new world map that shows Africa's large size more accurately.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has criticised a new UN world map showing Russian-occupied Crimea separately from Ukraine.

The urge to map is a basic, enduring human instinct. Where would we be without maps? The obvious answer is, of course, 'lost', but maps provide answers to many more questions than simply how to get ...