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

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.

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world.

Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding ...

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

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

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true size relative to one another, unlike the centuries-old Mercator map, which ...

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

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 ...

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

The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.