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 UN resolution instead endorses use of the Equal Earth projection, which better shows the relative sizes of land masses.

UN votes to adopt new world map that shows true size of all countries - Africa-led campaign asks governments, schools and tech firms to move away from the centuries-old Mercator projection ...

If you open Google Maps, you’ll notice that Greenland looks like it’s about the same size as Africa. However, the African ...

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on Friday on a proposal to move away from the traditional Mercator projection.

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

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true ...

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

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

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