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

But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely used map projections, one wouldn’t know it. Created by ...

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look ...

The U.N. voted to endorse a new world map called "Equal Earth" that more accurately depicts the size of continents.

Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global map is intended to better represent the relative sizes of continents 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.

We asked Jack Swab and Derek Alderman, cartographers and geographers who study the social and communicative power of maps, to ...

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 ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African ...

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

This interactive map compares the Mercator projection versus the Equal Earth projection. Use the slide bar to compare the 2 maps. Image via EqualEarthMap.app. Science news, night sky events and ...