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

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.

The United Nations will vote Friday to adopt a new map of the world meant to make the countries appear more true to size than on the map we use today.

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

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

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and ...

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.

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

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to phase out Mercator projections and adopt Equal Earth projections, a change meant to better represent geographic size on maps. The vote came on Sept. 4, ...

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

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...