As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

There are many methods of portraying a three-dimensional shape on a two-dimensional surface, and each comes with tradeoffs ...

Every flat map sacrifices some geographical properties. Equal Earth preserves relative land area, while Mercator's navigational advantages come with increasingly severe area distortion towards the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...

Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa”, was adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 4 by a vote of ...

The UN has endorsed the Equal Earth projection to provide a more accurate view of landmasses. Experts explain why this matters for global perception.

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...

India supported a UN push for more accurate world maps while clarifying that its vote does not endorse any specific projection or alter its territorial position.

Indian diplomat Raghoo Puri highlighted the importance of using equal-area map projections to eliminate misconceptions about the size of various global regions caused by older navigation-focused maps ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Correct The Map resolution with 164 member states voting in favour. The United States opposed the resolution, while six nations including Ukraine, ...

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 ...